Audio processing method and electronic device

ABSTRACT

This application provides an audio processing method and an electronic device. A position of a face or a mouth of a person who makes a sound in a video picture is determined, and a range in which sound pickup needs to be enhanced is determined based on the position of the face or the mouth of the person who makes a sound, to implement directional voice enhancement. The method includes: in a process of collecting a video picture and first audio, recognizing a target image of a sound-making object in the video picture; determining, based on the target image, a first sound pickup range corresponding to the sound-making object; and determining second audio based on the first audio and the first sound pickup range. In the second audio, audio volume in the first sound pickup range is greater than audio volume outside the first sound pickup range.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2021/108458, filed on Jul. 26, 2021, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 202010868463.5, filed on Aug. 26, 2020.Both of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of electronic technologies, and inparticular, to an audio processing method and an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

Electronic devices such as mobile phones or tablet computers are widelyused in the video shooting field, such as short video shooting andwebcasting. In a video shooting process, a sound receiving effect isusually not ideal due to a reason such as moving of a shot person orexternal noise, resulting in a decline in voice quality.

To improve the sound receiving effect, an external sound receivingdevice usually needs to be added on the basis of sound receiving byusing an electronic device. This leads to higher shooting difficulty fora user and higher costs. In addition, a voice enhancement method isfurther proposed, and in the video shooting process, an audio algorithmis used to process an audio file collected by the electronic device, toremove noise. However, because a shooting environment is relativelycomplex, a requirement on a processing capability of the audio algorithmis relatively strict. In addition, a complex audio processing processalso increases a requirement on hardware performance of the electronicdevice.

SUMMARY

According to an audio processing method and an electronic device thatare provided in this application, a position of a face or a mouth of aperson who makes a sound in a video picture is determined, and a rangein which sound pickup needs to be enhanced is determined based on theposition of the face or the mouth of the person who makes a sound, toimplement directional voice enhancement, thereby not only simplifying anaudio processing algorithm but also improving audio quality.

To achieve the foregoing objective, the following technical solutionsare used in this application.

According to a first aspect, this application provides an audioprocessing method. The method is applied to an electronic device, andthe method may include: detecting a first operation of opening a cameraapplication; displaying a shooting preview interface in response to thefirst operation; detecting a second operation of starting videorecording; collecting a video picture and first audio and displaying ashooting interface in response to the second operation, where theshooting interface includes a preview interface of the video picture;recognizing a target image in the video picture, where the target imageis a first face image and/or a first mouth image, the first face imageis a face image of a sound-making object in the video image, and thefirst mouth image is a mouth image of the sound-making object in thevideo image; then determining, based on the target image, a first soundpickup range corresponding to the sound-making object; and obtaining,based on the first sound pickup range and the first audio, second audiocorresponding to the video picture, where in the second audio, audiovolume in the first sound pickup range is greater than audio volumeoutside the first sound pickup range.

The method in this embodiment of this application may be applied to ascenario in which a user indication is received to directly start acamera application, or may be applied to a scenario in which a userstarts another third-party application (for example, a short videoapplication, a live broadcast application, or a video call application)to invoke and start a camera. The first operation or the secondoperation includes, for example, a touch operation, a keystrokeoperation, a mid-air gesture operation, or a voice operation.

In an embodiment, after the displaying a shooting preview interface inresponse to the first operation, the method further includes: detectinga sixth operation of enabling a voice enhancement mode; and enabling thevoice enhancement mode in response to the sixth operation.

In some embodiments, after switching to a video recording function isdetected, the user is first asked whether to enable the voiceenhancement mode. After the user determines to enable the voiceenhancement mode, the voice enhancement mode is enabled. Alternatively,the voice enhancement mode is automatically enabled after switching tothe video recording function is detected. In some other embodiments,after switching to the video recording function is detected, a videorecording preview interface is first displayed; then, after an operationof giving a shooting indication by the user is detected, the voiceenhancement mode is enabled based on a user indication, or the voiceenhancement mode is automatically enabled.

After the voice enhancement mode is enabled, the electronic device needsto process the collected first audio, recognize audio of thesound-making object, and enhance the audio, to obtain a better voicerecording effect. The first audio is, for example, a collected initialaudio signal, and the second audio is audio obtained after voiceenhancement processing is performed.

In an embodiment, the first face image or the first mouth image isrecognized by using a face image recognition algorithm. For example, ina process of recording the video picture, whether a face image isincluded in the collected video picture is determined by using the faceimage recognition algorithm. If a face image is included, the face imageincluded in the collected video picture is recognized, and whether theface image is making a sound is determined based on a change status offacial feature data such as five sense organs data and facial contourdata of the face image in a preset time period. A criterion fordetermining that the face image is making a sound includes determiningthat the face image is currently making a sound. Alternatively, if it isdetermined that the face image makes a sound again in a preset timeperiod after it is determined that the face image makes a sound for thefirst time, it is determined that the face image is making a sound. Itmay be understood that a vocal organ of a person is a mouth of theperson. When data of a sound-making mouth may be obtained, data of thefirst mouth image may be preferentially determined, and the first soundpickup range may be subsequently determined based on the data of thefirst mouth image. It should be noted that, if a person in the videopicture is making a sound but cannot be recognized, an imagecorresponding to the person who is making a sound is not the targetimage. That is, the target image is an image corresponding to arecognized sound-making face and/or sound-making mouth.

In this way, the first sound pickup range in which sound pickup needs tobe enhanced is determined by recognizing the sound-making target imagein the video picture. Then, the second audio is obtained based on thecollected initial audio signal and the first sound pickup range.Therefore, in the second audio, the audio volume in the first soundpickup range is greater than the audio volume outside the first soundpickup range. That is, volume of the person who makes a sound isincreased, thereby improving an audio recording effect.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the targetimage, a first sound pickup range corresponding to the sound-makingobject includes: obtaining a first feature value based on the targetimage, where the first feature value includes one or more of afront-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter, an area ratio, or positioninformation, the front-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter is used toindicate whether the video picture is a video picture shot by afront-facing camera or a video picture shot by a rear-facing camera, thearea ratio is used to indicate a ratio of an area of the target image toan area of the video picture, and the position information is used toindicate a position of the target image in the video picture; and thendetermining, based on the first feature value, the first sound pickuprange corresponding to the sound-making object.

The first feature value is used to describe a relative positionrelationship between a face of a real person corresponding to the firstface image and the electronic device, or the first feature value is usedto describe a relative position relationship between a mouth of a realperson corresponding to the first mouth image and the electronic device.Therefore, the electronic device may determine the first sound pickuprange based on the first feature value. For example, if the real personcorresponding to the first face image is located directly in front ofthe electronic device, that is, the first face image is located in acentral position of the shot video picture, the first sound pickup rangeis a sound pickup range directly in front of the electronic device.Subsequently, after obtaining the initial audio signal including audiosignals in various directions, the electronic device may obtain, basedon the initial audio signal and the first sound pickup range, audiocorresponding to the first face image.

In some embodiments, the first feature value may change in a recordingprocess of the video picture. Therefore, the first sound pickup rangealso changes accordingly. Therefore, for audio in a recorded video, theaudio recorded by the electronic device includes at least audio of firstduration and audio of second duration. The audio of first duration isaudio corresponding to the first sound pickup range, and the audio ofsecond duration is audio corresponding to a changed sound pickup range.That is, the electronic device may dynamically determine a sound pickuprange based on a change of a sound-making face or a sound-making mouthin the video picture, and then record audio based on the sound pickuprange. After an operation of giving a recording stop indication by theuser is finally detected, audio of the formed video picture may includea plurality of pieces of audio of different duration or same durationrecorded based on a time sequence and the changing sound pickup range.

In this way, based on a change of the sound pickup range, the electronicdevice may always focus on improving audio recording quality of a partin which voice enhancement needs to be performed, thereby ensuring theaudio recording effect. In addition, when the user plays a video file,playing experience matching a dynamic change such as a sound rangechange of video content may be presented to the user.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the firstfeature value, the first sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making object includes: when the video picture is a front-facingvideo picture, determining that the first sound pickup range is a soundpickup range on a front-facing camera side; and when the video pictureis a rear-facing video picture, determining that the first sound pickuprange is a sound pickup range on a rear-facing camera side.

For example, it is assumed that the sound pickup range of the electronicdevice includes a 180-degree front-facing sound pickup range and a180-degree rear-facing sound pickup range. In this case, when it isdetermined that the video picture is a front-facing video picture, the180-degree front-facing sound pickup range is used as the first soundpickup range. When it is determined that the video picture is arear-facing video picture, the 180-degree rear-facing sound pickup rangeis used as the first sound pickup range. Further, in the recordingprocess of the video picture, in response to an operation of switchingbetween the front-facing camera and the rear-facing camera by the user,the first sound pickup range is also switched between front-facing andrear-facing, to ensure that the first sound pickup range is a soundpickup range corresponding to the sound-making object in the videopicture.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the firstfeature value, the first sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making object includes: determining the first sound pickup rangebased on the area ratio and a sound pickup range of the first audio.

The sound pickup range of the first audio is, for example, a soundpickup range of panoramic audio. In a video recording process, theelectronic device collects initial audio signals in various directionsby using a microphone, that is, obtains initial audio signals in thesound pickup range of the panoramic audio.

Specifically, in a process in which the user shoots the video picture byusing a mobile phone, a person concerned by the user is usually placedat a central position of the video picture, that is, the first faceimage or the first mouth image is located at a central position of aviewfinder frame. Different areas of the first face image or the firstmouth image correspond to different sound pickup ranges, and a size suchas a radius, a diameter, or an area of the first sound pickup range maybe described by using the area ratio.

For example, it is assumed that X is used to represent an area of thefirst face image or an area of the first mouth image; Y is used torepresent the area of the video picture displayed in the viewfinderframe; and N represents a sound pickup range corresponding to a framingrange. In this case, the area ratio is X/Y, and the first sound pickuprange is N*X/Y. That is, a ratio of the first sound pickup range to apanoramic sound pickup range is directly proportional to the area ratio.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the firstfeature value, the first sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making object includes: determining, based on the positioninformation, a position of the first sound pickup range in the soundpickup range of the first audio.

In some scenarios, the sound-making object is not located at the centralposition of the video picture. In this case, a position of an image(that is, the target image) corresponding to the sound-making object inthe video picture may be obtained based on the position information. Itmay be understood that there is a correspondence between the position ofthe target image in the video picture and a position of the first soundpickup range in the panoramic sound pickup range.

In a possible implementation, the position information includes a firstoffset of a central point of the target image relative to a firstreference point, and the first reference point is a central point of thevideo picture or a focus of focusing. The determining, based on theposition information, a position of the first sound pickup range in thesound pickup range of the first audio includes: determining, based onthe first offset, a second offset of a central point of the first soundpickup range relative to a central point of the sound pickup range ofthe first audio, where the second offset is directly proportional to thefirst offset; and then determining, based on the second offset, theposition of the first sound pickup range in the sound pickup range ofthe first audio.

The offset includes, for example, an offset direction, an offset angle,and/or an offset distance. The offset direction means that relative tothe first reference point, a central point of the first face image orthe first mouth image has a leftward offset, a rightward offset, anupward offset, a downward offset, an upper leftward offset, an upperrightward offset, a lower leftward offset, a lower rightward offset, orthe like. The offset angle is an angle at which there is an upperleftward offset, an upper rightward offset, a lower leftward offset, ora lower rightward offset. The offset distance is a distance of aleftward offset, a rightward offset, an upward offset, or a downwardoffset, a distance of an offset at an offset angle, or the like.

For example, a coordinate system is built by using the first referencepoint as an origin, a direction parallel to a bottom edge of the mobilephone (or a bottom edge of a current viewfinder frame) as an x axis, anda direction perpendicular to the x axis as y, and the current coordinatesystem is parallel to a display of the mobile phone. The offsetdirection, the offset angle, and the offset distance of the centralpoint of the first face image or the first mouth image relative to thefirst reference point are defined by using the built coordinate system.For example, if the position information of the target image is thelower left of the central point of the viewfinder frame, the first soundpickup range is in the panoramic sound pickup range, and the centralpoint of the first sound pickup range is on the lower left of a centralpoint of the panoramic sound pickup range.

In a possible implementation, the central point of the video picture isa central point of a viewfinder frame, or the central point of the videopicture is a central point of a display.

In some scenarios, the central point of the viewfinder frame is used asthe first reference point, that is, the central point of the viewfinderframe is used to represent the central point of the video picture. Itmay be understood that, based on a display form of the video picture,the first reference point may alternatively be represented in anotherform. For example, a central point of a whole screen of the display ofthe mobile phone is used to represent the central point of the videopicture, that is, as the first reference point.

In a possible implementation, the obtaining, based on the first soundpickup range and the first audio, second audio corresponding to thevideo picture includes: enhancing an audio signal that is in the firstsound pickup range and that is in the first audio, and/or weakening anaudio signal that is outside the first sound pickup range and that is inthe first audio, to obtain the second audio.

For example, the first audio includes audio signals in variousdirections. After the first sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making object is determined, the audio signal in the first soundpickup range is enhanced, to improve audio quality in the recordedvideo. In an embodiment, the audio signal outside the sound pickup rangeis further weakened, to reduce interference of external noise, andhighlight a sound made by the sound-making object in the audio.

In a possible implementation, the electronic device includes one or moremicrophones, and the one or more microphones are configured to collectthe first audio. The obtaining, based on the first sound pickup rangeand the first audio, second audio corresponding to the video pictureincludes: when a sound pickup range of a first microphone in the one ormore microphones includes a part or all of the first sound pickup range,performing at least one of the following operations to obtain the secondaudio: enhancing an audio signal that is in the first sound pickup rangeand that is in the sound pickup range of the first microphone; weakeningan audio signal that is outside the first sound pickup range and that isin the sound pickup range of the first microphone; and weakening anaudio signal of a microphone other than the first microphone in the oneor more microphones.

For example, a microphone 1 and a microphone 2 are configured on themobile phone. If the first sound pickup range is in a sound pickup rangeof the microphone 1, after obtaining an initial audio signal by usingthe microphone 1 and the microphone 2, the mobile phone may enhance anaudio signal that is in the initial audio signal, that is in the firstsound pickup range, and that is collected by the microphone 1; weaken anaudio signal that is in the initial audio signal, that is outside thefirst sound pickup range, and that is collected by the microphone 1; andweaken an audio signal collected by the microphone 2, to obtain audiocorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image. Foranother example, a microphone 1 and a microphone 2 are configured on themobile phone. The first sound pickup range includes a sound pickup range1 in a sound pickup range of the microphone 1 and a sound pickup range 2in a sound pickup range of the microphone 2. That is, the first soundpickup range is a union set of the sound pickup range 1 and the soundpickup range 2. In this case, after obtaining an initial audio signal byusing the microphone 1 and the microphone 2, the mobile phone mayenhance an audio signal that is in the sound pickup range 1 of themicrophone 1 and that is in the initial audio signal and an audio signalthat is in the sound pickup range 2 of the microphone 2 and that is inthe initial audio signal, and weaken a remaining audio signal in theinitial audio signal, to obtain audio corresponding to the first faceimage or the first mouth image. It may be understood that the soundpickup range 1 and the sound pickup range 2 may completely or partiallyoverlap.

In a possible implementation, the electronic device includes at leasttwo microphones, and the at least two microphones are configured tocollect the first audio. The obtaining, based on the first sound pickuprange and the first audio, second audio corresponding to the videopicture includes: when a sound pickup range of a second microphone inthe at least two microphones does not include the first sound pickuprange, disabling the second microphone, where audio collected by amicrophone other than the second microphone in the at least twomicrophones is the second audio.

For example, a microphone 1 and a microphone 2 are configured on themobile phone. The first sound pickup range is in a sound pickup range ofthe microphone 1, and is outside a sound pickup range of the microphone2. In this case, the mobile phone disables the microphone 2, processesan audio signal collected by the microphone 1, and uses the processedaudio signal as the audio corresponding to the video picture. That is,audio corresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image isaudio collected by the microphone 1.

In a possible implementation, when the second microphone is disabled,the method further includes: enhancing an audio signal that is in thefirst sound pickup range and that is in a sound pickup range of amicrophone other than the second microphone in the at least twomicrophones, and/or weakening an audio signal that is outside the firstsound pickup range and that is in the sound pickup range of themicrophone other than the second microphone in the at least twomicrophones.

For example, a microphone 1 and a microphone 2 are configured on themobile phone. The first sound pickup range is in a sound pickup range ofthe microphone 1, and is outside a sound pickup range of the microphone2. In this case, the mobile phone disables the microphone 2, enhances anaudio signal that is in the first sound pickup range and that is in anaudio signal collected by the microphone 1, and weakens an audio signalthat is outside the first sound pickup range and that is in the audiosignal collected by the microphone 1, to obtain audio corresponding tothe first face image or the first mouth image.

In a possible implementation, there are one or more first face images,and there are one or more first mouth images.

There may be one or more persons who are making sounds in the videopicture. Therefore, there are one or more first face images, and thereare one or more first mouth images. It may be understood that, if somepersons are making sounds in the currently shot video picture, but themobile phone fails to recognize that the persons are making sounds, faceimages or mouth images of the unrecognized persons who are making soundsare not classified as the first face image or the first mouth image.

In some embodiments, if there are a plurality of first face images orfirst mouth images, in a process of determining the first feature value,the first feature value needs to be determined based on the plurality offirst face images or the plurality of first mouth images. For example,in a process of determining the area ratio, a ratio of an area of theplurality of first face images to the area of the video picture is usedas the area ratio of the target image. For another example, in a processof determining the position information, an offset of a central point ofa placeholder frame in which the plurality of first face images arelocated relative to the central point of the video picture is used asthe position information of the target image. The placeholder frame inwhich the plurality of first face images are located is used torepresent a minimum selection frame that includes the plurality of faceimages.

In a possible implementation, after the collecting a video picture andfirst audio and displaying a shooting interface in response to thesecond operation, the method further includes: detecting a thirdoperation of stopping shooting; in response to the third operation,stopping recording, and generating a recorded video, where the recordedvideo includes the video picture and the second audio; detecting afourth operation of playing the recorded video; and in response to thefourth operation, displaying a video playing interface, and playing thevideo picture and the second audio.

In some embodiments, in a process of recording the video picture, theelectronic device determines the first sound pickup range based on asound-making face image or a sound-making mouth image, and then recordsaudio based on the first sound pickup range. Subsequently, the recordedaudio needs to be stored. The user may play a video picture and audio ofa stored video.

It should be noted that, if a scenario of recording the video picture isa real-time communication scenario such as a live broadcast or a videocall, for a method for recording audio in the process of recording thevideo picture, refer to the foregoing method. However, after anoperation of giving a shooting stop indication by the user is detected,that is, after an operation of stopping communication is detected,communication is directly stopped, with no need to generate a recordedvideo. It may be understood that, in some real-time communicationscenarios, the user may alternatively choose to store a recorded video.In response to an operation of the user, the electronic devicedetermines whether to store the recorded video in the real-timecommunication scenario.

In a possible implementation, the recorded video further includes thirdaudio, and the third audio is audio determined based on a second soundpickup range. The second sound pickup range is a sound pickup rangedetermined based on the first sound pickup range and different from thefirst sound pickup range. The video playing interface includes a firstcontrol and a second control, the first control corresponds to thesecond audio, and the second control corresponds to the third audio.

In some embodiments, because there may be an error between the firstsound pickup range determined by the electronic device based on thefirst feature value and a display range of the first face image or thefirst mouth image, the electronic device may determine one or morereference first sound pickup ranges near the first sound pickup range.The electronic device obtains one piece of audio based on the firstsound pickup range, and obtains at least one piece of audio based on thereference first sound pickup range. The electronic device may furtheruse the panoramic audio as one piece of audio. In this case, theelectronic device may obtain, based on the first sound pickup range, aplurality of pieces of audio corresponding to the first face image orthe first mouth image. One piece of audio may be understood as one audiofile.

In an embodiment, the video recording function may include asingle-channel video recording function and a multi-channel videorecording function. The single-channel video recording function meansthat the electronic device displays one viewfinder frame in a shootingprocess, to record one video picture. The multi-channel video recordingfunction means that the electronic device displays at least twoviewfinder frames in a shooting process, and each viewfinder frame isused for one video picture. In a process of using the multi-channelvideo recording function, for each video picture and a correspondingaudio collection manner, refer to the implementation of thesingle-channel video recording function.

In this way, the electronic device may switch to play audiocorresponding to different sound pickup ranges, to provide a pluralityof audio playing options for the user, thereby implementing audioadjustability, and improving audio playing experience of the user.

In a possible implementation, the method further includes: playing thevideo picture and the second audio in response to the fourth operation,where the fourth operation includes an operation of operating a playercontrol or an operation of operating the first control; detecting afifth operation of operating the second control; and playing the videopicture and the third audio in response to the fifth operation.

In another possible implementation, during video playback, theelectronic device may display the video playing interface withoutplaying audio first. After detecting an indication operation of theuser, the electronic device plays audio indicated by the user.

In a possible implementation, the method further includes: deleting thesecond audio or the third audio in response to an operation of deletingthe second audio or the third audio.

In this way, in a video playback process, audio that the user does notwant to store can be deleted based on a user requirement, therebyimproving use experience of the user.

According to a second aspect, this application provides an electronicdevice. The electronic device includes a processor, a memory, amicrophone, a camera, and a display. The memory, the microphone, thecamera, and the display are coupled to the processor. The memory isconfigured to store computer program code, and the computer program codeincludes computer instructions. When the processor reads the computerinstructions from the memory, the electronic device is enabled toperform the following operations: detecting a first operation of openinga camera application; displaying a shooting preview interface inresponse to the first operation; detecting a second operation ofstarting video recording; collecting a video picture and first audio anddisplaying a shooting interface in response to the second operation,where the shooting interface includes a preview interface of the videopicture; recognizing a target image in the video picture, where thetarget image is a first face image and/or a first mouth image, the firstface image is a face image of a sound-making object in the video image,and the first mouth image is a mouth image of the sound-making object inthe video image; determining, based on the target image, a first soundpickup range corresponding to the sound-making object; and obtaining,based on the first sound pickup range and the first audio, second audiocorresponding to the video picture, where in the second audio, audiovolume in the first sound pickup range is greater than audio volumeoutside the first sound pickup range.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the targetimage, a first sound pickup range corresponding to the sound-makingobject includes: obtaining a first feature value based on the targetimage, where the first feature value includes one or more of afront-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter, an area ratio, or positioninformation, the front-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter is used toindicate whether the video picture is a video picture shot by afront-facing camera or a video picture shot by a rear-facing camera, thearea ratio is used to indicate a ratio of an area of the target image toan area of the video picture, and the position information is used toindicate a position of the target image in the video picture; anddetermining, based on the first feature value, the first sound pickuprange corresponding to the sound-making object.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the firstfeature value, the first sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making object includes: when the video picture is a front-facingvideo picture, determining that the first sound pickup range is a soundpickup range on a front-facing camera side; and when the video pictureis a rear-facing video picture, determining that the first sound pickuprange is a sound pickup range on a rear-facing camera side.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the firstfeature value, the first sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making object includes: determining the first sound pickup rangebased on the area ratio and a sound pickup range of the first audio.

In a possible implementation, the determining, based on the firstfeature value, the first sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making object includes: determining, based on the positioninformation, a position of the first sound pickup range in the soundpickup range of the first audio.

In a possible implementation, the position information includes a firstoffset of a central point of the target image relative to a firstreference point, and the first reference point is a central point of thevideo picture or a focus of focusing. The determining, based on theposition information, a position of the first sound pickup range in thesound pickup range of the first audio includes: determining, based onthe first offset, a second offset of a central point of the first soundpickup range relative to a central point of the sound pickup range ofthe first audio, where the second offset is directly proportional to thefirst offset; and determining, based on the second offset, the positionof the first sound pickup range in the sound pickup range of the firstaudio.

In a possible implementation, the central point of the video picture isa central point of a viewfinder frame, or the central point of the videopicture is a central point of the display.

In a possible implementation, the obtaining, based on the first soundpickup range and the first audio, second audio corresponding to thevideo picture includes: enhancing an audio signal that is in the firstsound pickup range and that is in the first audio, and/or weakening anaudio signal that is outside the first sound pickup range and that is inthe first audio, to obtain the second audio.

In a possible implementation, the electronic device includes one or moremicrophones, and the one or more microphones are configured to collectthe first audio. The obtaining, based on the first sound pickup rangeand the first audio, second audio corresponding to the video pictureincludes: when a sound pickup range of a first microphone in the one ormore microphones includes a part or all of the first sound pickup range,performing at least one of the following operations to obtain the secondaudio: enhancing an audio signal that is in the first sound pickup rangeand that is in the sound pickup range of the first microphone; weakeningan audio signal that is outside the first sound pickup range and that isin the sound pickup range of the first microphone; and weakening anaudio signal of a microphone other than the first microphone in the oneor more microphones.

In a possible implementation, the electronic device includes at leasttwo microphones, and the at least two microphones are configured tocollect the first audio. The obtaining, based on the first sound pickuprange and the first audio, second audio corresponding to the videopicture includes: when a sound pickup range of a second microphone inthe at least two microphones does not include the first sound pickuprange, disabling the second microphone, where audio collected by amicrophone other than the second microphone in the at least twomicrophones is the second audio.

In a possible implementation, when the second microphone is disabled,and when the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory,the electronic device is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: enhancing an audio signal that is in the first sound pickuprange and that is in a sound pickup range of a microphone other than thesecond microphone in the at least two microphones, and/or weakening anaudio signal that is outside the first sound pickup range and that is inthe sound pickup range of the microphone other than the secondmicrophone in the at least two microphones.

In a possible implementation, there are one or more first face images,and there are one or more first mouth images.

In a possible implementation, when the processor reads the computerinstructions from the memory, the electronic device is further enabledto perform the following operations: detecting a third operation ofstopping shooting; in response to the third operation, stoppingrecording, and generating a recorded video, where the recorded videoincludes the video picture and the second audio; detecting a fourthoperation of playing the recorded video; and in response to the fourthoperation, displaying a video playing interface, and playing the videopicture and the second audio.

In a possible implementation, the recorded video further includes thirdaudio, and the third audio is audio determined based on a second soundpickup range. The second sound pickup range is a sound pickup rangedetermined based on the first sound pickup range and different from thefirst sound pickup range. The video playing interface includes a firstcontrol and a second control, the first control corresponds to thesecond audio, and the second control corresponds to the third audio.

In a possible implementation, when the processor reads the computerinstructions from the memory, the electronic device is further enabledto perform the following operations: playing the video picture and thesecond audio in response to the fourth operation, where the fourthoperation includes an operation of operating a player control or anoperation of operating the first control; detecting a fifth operation ofoperating the second control; and playing the video picture and thethird audio in response to the fifth operation.

In a possible implementation, when the processor reads the computerinstructions from the memory, the electronic device is further enabledto perform the following operation: deleting the second audio or thethird audio in response to an operation of deleting the second audio orthe third audio.

In a possible implementation, when the processor reads the computerinstructions from the memory, the electronic device is further enabledto perform the following operations: detecting a sixth operation ofenabling a voice enhancement mode; and enabling the voice enhancementmode in response to the sixth operation.

In addition, for a technical effect of the electronic device accordingto the second aspect, refer to the technical effect of the audioprocessing method according to the first aspect. Details are notdescribed herein.

According to a third aspect, this application provides an electronicdevice. The electronic device has a function of implementing the audioprocessing method according to any one of the first aspect or thepossible implementations of the first aspect. The function may beimplemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executingcorresponding software. The hardware or the software includes one ormore modules corresponding to the function.

According to a fourth aspect, this application provides acomputer-readable storage medium, including computer instructions. Whenthe computer instructions are run on an electronic device, theelectronic device is enabled to perform the audio processing methodaccording to any one of the first aspect or the possible implementationsof the first aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, this application provides a computerprogram product. When the computer program product is run on anelectronic device, the electronic device is enabled to perform the audioprocessing method according to any one of the first aspect or thepossible implementations of the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, a circuit system is provided. The circuitsystem includes a processing circuit, and the processing circuit isconfigured to perform the audio processing method according to any oneof the first aspect or the possible implementations of the first aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment of this applicationprovides a chip system, including at least one processor and at leastone interface circuit. The at least one interface circuit is configuredto perform a transceiver function and send instructions to the at leastone processor. When the at least one processor executes theinstructions, the at least one processor performs the audio processingmethod according to any one of the first aspect or the possibleimplementations of the first aspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 2A is a layout diagram of a camera according to an embodiment ofthis application;

FIG. 2B(a) to FIG. 2B(d) are layout diagrams of a microphone accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a software structure of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4(a) to FIG. 4(d) are diagrams of a group of interfaces accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5 is a diagram of a sound pickup range according to an embodimentof this application;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an audio processing method according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of an interface according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 8 is a diagram of a group of interfaces according to an embodimentof this application;

FIG. 9 is a diagram of a sound pickup range according to an embodimentof this application;

FIG. 10(a) to FIG. 10(c) are diagrams of a group of interfaces accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 11(a) to FIG. 11(c) are diagrams of a group of interfaces accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 12(a) to FIG. 12(c) are diagrams of a group of interfaces accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 13 is a diagram of a coordinate system according to an embodimentof this application;

FIG. 14 is a diagram of an offset angle according to an embodiment ofthis application;

FIG. 15 is a diagram of an offset distance according to an embodiment ofthis application;

FIG. 16A(a) and FIG. 16A(b) are diagrams of a first sound pickup rangeaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 16B(a) to FIG. 16B(c) are diagrams of a first sound pickup rangeaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 16C is a diagram of a first sound pickup range according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 17 is a diagram of an interface according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 18(a) to FIG. 18(d) are diagrams of a group of interfaces accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 19(a) to FIG. 19(c) are diagrams of a group of interfaces accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 20(a) to FIG. 20(c) are diagrams of a group of interfaces accordingto an embodiment of this application; and

FIG. 21A and FIG. 21B are flowcharts of an audio processing methodaccording to an embodiment of this application.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

With reference to accompanying drawings, the following describes indetail an audio processing method and an electronic device that areprovided in embodiments of this application.

The audio processing method provided in the embodiments of thisapplication may be applied to an electronic device. For example, theelectronic device may be specifically a mobile phone, a tablet computer,a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted device, an augmented reality(AR)/virtual reality (VR) device, a notebook computer, an ultra-mobilepersonal computer (UMPC), a netbook, a personal digital assistant (PDA),an artificial intelligence device, a specialized camera (for example, asingle-lens reflex camera or a card camera), or the like. A type of theelectronic device is not limited in the embodiments of this application.

For example, FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a structure of anelectronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may include a processor110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, auniversal serial bus (USB) interface 130, a charging management module140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, anantenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communicationmodule 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, amicrophone 170C, a headset jack 170D, a sensor module 180, a button 190,a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, a subscriberidentification module (SIM) card interface 195, and the like.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an application processor (AP), a modemprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), an image signal processor(ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signal processor(DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-network processing unit(NPU). Different processing units may be independent devices, or may beintegrated into one or more processors.

The controller may be a nerve center and a command center of theelectronic device 100. The controller may generate an operation controlsignal based on an instruction operation code and a time sequencesignal, to complete control of instruction fetching and instructionexecution.

A memory may be further disposed in the processor 110, and is configuredto store instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 110 is a cache. The memory may store instructions or data thathas been used or is cyclically used by the processor 110. If theprocessor 110 needs to use the instructions or the data again, theprocessor may directly invoke the instructions or the data from thememory. This avoids repeated access, reduces waiting time of theprocessor 110, and improves system efficiency.

In some embodiments of this application, the processor 110 performsimage recognition on a plurality of frames of images in a collectedvideo picture, to obtain face image data and/or mouth image dataincluded in the frames of images. Information such as a position and aratio of a sound-making face and/or a sound-making mouth in the framesof images (that is, in the video picture) is determined by comparingchanges of the face image data and/or the mouth image data in the framesof images, such as a change of a distance between upper and lower lipsand a change of a facial contour. Further, a to-be-enhanced sound pickuprange is determined based on the information such as the position andthe ratio of the sound-making face and/or the sound-making mouth in thevideo picture. That is, a position region of a sound of a person whomakes a sound in panoramic audio is determined. An audio signal in thesound pickup range is enhanced, to improve audio quality in a recordedvideo. In an embodiment, an audio signal outside the sound pickup rangeis further weakened, to reduce interference of external noise.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive charginginput from a charger.

The power management module 141 is configured to connect the battery142, the charging management module 140, and the processor 110. Thepower management module 141 receives input from the battery 142 and/orthe charging management module 140, and supplies power to the processor110, the display 194, the camera 193, and the like.

A wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may beimplemented by using the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a wireless communicationsolution that is applied to the electronic device 100 and that includes2G/3G/4G/5G or the like. The wireless communication module 160 mayprovide a wireless communication solution that is applied to theelectronic device 100 and that includes a wireless local area network(WLAN) (for example, a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network), Bluetooth(BT), or the like.

The electronic device 100 may implement a display function through theGPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like. The GPUis a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to thedisplay 194 and the application processor. The GPU is configured to:perform mathematical and geometric calculation, and render an image. Theprocessor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 194 is configured to display an image, a video, or the like.The display 194 includes a display panel. In some embodiments, theelectronic device 100 may include one or N displays 194, where N is apositive integer greater than 1.

In some embodiments, the display 194 may display a shooting previewinterface, a video recording preview interface, and a shooting interfacein a video recording mode, and may further display a video playinginterface or the like during video playback.

The electronic device 100 can implement a photographing function byusing the ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display194, the application processor, and the like.

The ISP is configured to process data fed back by the camera 193. Forexample, during photographing, a shutter is pressed, and light istransmitted to a photosensitive element of the camera through a lens. Anoptical signal is converted into an electrical signal, and thephotosensitive element of the camera transmits the electrical signal tothe ISP for processing, to convert the electrical signal into a visibleimage. The ISP may further perform algorithm optimization on noise,brightness, and complexion of the image. The ISP may further optimizeparameters such as exposure and a color temperature of a photographingscenario. In some embodiments, the ISP may be disposed in the camera193. For example, in this embodiment of this application, the ISP maycontrol, based on a shooting parameter, a photosensitive element toperform exposure and shooting.

The camera 193 is configured to capture a static image or a video. Anoptical image of an object is generated through the lens, and isprojected onto the photosensitive element. The photosensitive elementmay be a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementarymetal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) photoelectric transistor. Thephotosensitive element converts an optical signal into an electricalsignal, and then transmits the electrical signal to the ISP forconverting the electrical signal into a digital image signal. The ISPoutputs the digital image signal to the DSP for processing. The DSPconverts the digital image signal into an image signal in a standardformat, for example, RGB or YUV.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or Ncameras 193, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The camera193 may be located in an edge region of the electronic device, and maybe an under-display camera, or may be an elevating camera. The camera193 may include a rear-facing camera, and may further include afront-facing camera. A position and form of the camera 193 are notlimited in this embodiment of this application.

For example, for a layout of a camera on the electronic device 100,refer to FIG. 2A. A front side of the electronic device 100 is a planeon which the display 194 is located. As shown in (a) in FIG. 2A, acamera 1931 is located on the front side of the electronic device 100,and the camera is a front-facing camera. As shown in (b) in FIG. 2A, acamera 1932 is located on the back of the electronic device 100, and thecamera is a rear-facing camera.

In an embodiment, the solutions in the embodiments of this applicationmay be applied to the electronic device 100 with a foldable screen (thatis, the display 194 can be folded) having a plurality of displays. Theelectronic device 100 with a foldable screen is shown in (c) in FIG. 2A.In response to an operation of a user, as shown in (d) in FIG. 2A, thedisplay is inward folded (or outward folded) along a folding edge, sothat the display forms at least two screens (for example, a screen A anda screen B). As shown in (e) in FIG. 2A, there is a display (forexample, a screen C) on an outer side of the folded display. If a camerais disposed on the electronic device 100 on a surface on which thescreen C is located, in an unfolded scenario of the electronic device100 shown in (c) in FIG. 2A, the camera on the screen C is on the backof the electronic device 100, and may be considered as a rear-facingcamera. In a folded scenario of the electronic device 100 shown in (e)in FIG. 2A, the camera on the screen C becomes to be on the front sideof the electronic device 100, and may be considered as a front-facingcamera. That is, the front-facing camera and the rear-facing camera inthis application do not limit nature of the camera, and are merely adescription of a position relationship.

Therefore, the electronic device 100 may determine, based on a positionof a used camera on the electronic device 100, whether the camera is afront-facing camera or a rear-facing camera, and then determine adirection of collecting a sound. For example, if the electronic device100 currently collects an image by using a rear-facing camera located onthe back of the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 needsto focus on collecting a sound on the back of the electronic device 100.For another example, if the electronic device 100 currently collects animage by using a front-facing camera located on the front side of theelectronic device 100, the electronic device 100 needs to focus oncollecting a sound on the front side of the electronic device 100. Inthis way, it is ensured that the collected sound can match the collectedimage.

The digital signal processor is configured to process a digital signal,and may process another digital signal in addition to the digital imagesignal. For example, when the electronic device 100 selects a frequency,the digital signal processor is configured to perform Fourier transformon frequency energy.

The video codec is configured to: compress or decompress a digitalvideo. The electronic device 100 may support one or more types of videocodecs. Therefore, the electronic device 100 may play or record videosin a plurality of coding formats, for example, moving picture expertsgroup (moving picture experts group, MPEG)-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, andMPEG-4.

The NPU is a neural-network (NN) computing processor. The NPU quicklyprocesses input information with reference to a structure of abiological neural network, for example, a transfer mode between humanbrain neurons, and may further continuously perform self-learning.Applications such as intelligent cognition of the electronic device 100,for example, image recognition, facial recognition, speech recognition,and text understanding, may be implemented through the NPU.

In some embodiments, the NPU recognizes, by using an image recognitiontechnology, whether an image collected by the camera 193 includes a faceimage and/or a mouth image. Further, the NPU may further determine,based on data of the face image and/or the mouth image, a sound-makingface or a sound-making mouth in the face image and/or the mouth image,to determine a sound pickup range in which directional voice recordingneeds to be performed.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect to an externalstorage card, for example, a micro SD card, to extend a storagecapability of the electronic device 100. The external storage cardcommunicates with the processor 110 through the external memoryinterface 120, to implement a data storage function. For example, filessuch as music and a video are stored in the external storage card.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store computer-executableprogram code. The executable program code includes instructions. Theprocessor 110 runs instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/orinstructions stored in the memory disposed in the processor, to performvarious function applications and data processing of the electronicdevice 100.

The electronic device 100 may implement an audio function, for example,music playing and recording, through the audio module 170, the speaker170A, the receiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the headset jack 170D, theapplication processor, and the like.

The audio module 170 is configured to convert digital audio data intoanalog audio electrical signal output, and is further configured toconvert analog audio electrical signal input into digital audio data.The audio module 170 may include an analog-to-digital converter and adigital-to-analog converter. For example, the audio module 170 isconfigured to convert an analog audio electrical signal output by themicrophone 170C into digital audio data. The audio module 170 may befurther configured to encode and decode audio data. In some embodiments,the audio module 170 may be disposed in the processor 110, or somefunctional modules of the audio module 170 are disposed in the processor110.

The speaker 170A, also referred to as a “loudspeaker”, is configured toconvert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal. The electronicdevice 100 may listen to music or answer a hands-free call by using thespeaker 170A.

The receiver 170B, also referred to as an “earpiece”, is configured toconvert an electrical audio signal into a sound signal. When a call isanswered or audio information is listened to by using the electronicdevice 100, the receiver 170B may be put close to a human ear to listento a voice.

The microphone 170C, also referred to as a “mike” or a “mic”, isconfigured to convert a sound signal into an electrical signal. Whenmaking a call or sending speech information, a user may place the mouthof the user near the microphone 170C to make a sound, to input a soundsignal to the microphone 170C. The microphone 170C may be a built-incomponent of the electronic device 100, or may be an external accessoryof the electronic device 100.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or moremicrophones 170C. Each microphone or a plurality of microphones maycooperate to implement functions of collecting sound signals in variousdirections and converting the collected sound signals into analog audioelectrical signals, and may further implement noise reduction, soundsource recognition, or a directional voice recording function.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2B(a) to FIG. 2B(d), two schematic layoutdiagrams of a plurality of microphones on the electronic device 100 andsound pickup ranges corresponding to the microphones are provided asexamples. As shown in FIG. 2B(a), when the electronic device 100 isplaced at a position shown in the figure, the front side of theelectronic device 100 is the plane on which the display 194 is located,a microphone 21 is located at the top of the electronic device 100(usually on a side on which the earpiece and the camera are located), amicrophone 22 is located on a right side of the electronic device 100,and a microphone 23 is located at the bottom of the electronic device100 (a part at the bottom of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG.2B(a) is invisible from a current angle, and a position of themicrophone 23 is schematically indicated by using a dashed line).

It should be noted that, for “up”, “down”, “left”, and “right” describedin subsequent embodiments, refer to the orientation shown in FIG. 2B(a)to FIG. 2B(d). Details are not described subsequently.

In a schematic diagram of a sound pickup range shown in FIG. 2B(b), asound pickup range corresponding to the microphone 21 includes afront-facing upper sound pickup range and a rear-facing upper soundpickup range, a sound pickup range corresponding to the microphone 22includes a front-facing middle sound pickup range and a rear-facingmiddle sound pickup range, and a sound pickup range corresponding to themicrophone 23 includes a front-facing lower sound pickup range and arear-facing lower sound pickup range. A combination of the microphones21 to 23 may collect sound signals in various directions around theelectronic device 100. The front-facing camera may correspond to afront-facing sound pickup range, and the rear-facing camera maycorrespond to a rear-facing sound pickup range. Therefore, when theelectronic device 100 records a video by using the front-facing camera,it is determined that the sound pickup range is the front-facing soundpickup range. Further, based on the position of the sound-making face orthe sound-making mouth in the video picture, it is more accuratelydetermined that the sound pickup range is a range included in thefront-facing sound pickup range. An example method is described indetail below.

It may be understood that the electronic device 100 may alternativelyinclude a greater quantity of microphones. As shown in FIG. 2B(c), theelectronic device 100 includes six microphones. A microphone 24 islocated at the top of the electronic device 100, a microphone 25 islocated on a left side of the electronic device 100, a microphone 26 islocated at the bottom of the electronic device 100, and microphones 27to 29 are located on a right side of the electronic device 100. A parton the left side of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 2B(c) isinvisible from a current angle, and positions of the microphone 25 andthe microphone 26 are schematically indicated by using dashed lines. Ina schematic diagram of a sound pickup range shown in FIG. 2B(d), a soundpickup range corresponding to the microphone 24 includes a front-facingupper sound pickup range, a sound pickup range corresponding to themicrophone 25 includes a front-facing middle sound pickup range, a soundpickup range corresponding to the microphone 26 includes a front-facinglower sound pickup range, a sound pickup range corresponding to themicrophone 27 includes a rear-facing upper sound pickup range, a soundpickup range corresponding to the microphone 28 includes a rear-facingmiddle sound pickup range, and a sound pickup range corresponding to themicrophone 29 includes a rear-facing lower sound pickup range. Acombination of the microphones 24 to 29 may collect sound signals invarious directions around the electronic device 100.

As shown in FIG. 2B(b) and FIG. 2B(d), sound pickup ranges in which themicrophones of the electronic device 100 collect audio signals partiallyoverlap, that is, in shadow parts in FIG. 2B(b) and FIG. 2B(d). In anaudio recording process, audio signals in an overlapping part need to befused. For a same direction, a sound signal collected by a microphonemay have better sound quality (for example, a higher signal-to-noiseratio and lower spike noise and glitch noise), and a sound signalcollected by another microphone may have worse sound quality. In thiscase, audio data with better sound quality in a corresponding directionis selected for fusion processing, and audio with a better effect isrecorded and generated based on the processed audio data. Further, if asound pickup range corresponding to the sound-making face or thesound-making mouth falls within sound pickup ranges of a plurality ofmicrophones, audio data collected by the plurality of microphones may befused, to obtain audio corresponding to the sound-making face or thesound-making mouth.

In some embodiments, the microphone 170C may be a directional microphonethat may collect a sound signal in a particular direction. Themicrophone 170C may alternatively be a non-directional microphone, whichcollects sound signals in various directions or may collect a soundsignal in a range based on a position of the microphone 170C on theelectronic device 100.

In some other embodiments, the microphone 170C may be rotated, and theelectronic device 100 may adjust a sound pickup direction by rotatingthe microphone. For the sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making face or the sound-making mouth, the electronic device 100may configure one microphone 170C, and perform sound pickup in variousdirections by rotating the microphone. When a plurality of microphones170C are configured on the electronic device 100, an audio signal in acorresponding sound pickup range may be picked up by using a combinationof different microphones 170C. For example, some of the microphones 170Cmay be used for sound pickup, with no need to use all of the microphones170C of the electronic device 100. For another example, audio signalscollected by some microphones 170C are enhanced, and audio signalscollected by some microphones 170C are weakened.

A quantity of microphones 170C is not specifically limited in thisembodiment of this application.

The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyroscopesensor 180B, a barometric pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D,an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, an opticalproximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a boneconduction sensor 180M, and the like.

The distance sensor 180F is configured to measure a distance. Theelectronic device 100 may measure a distance in an infrared manner or alaser manner. In some embodiments, in a photographing scenario, theelectronic device 100 may measure a distance by using the distancesensor 180F, to implement quick focusing.

The touch sensor 180K is also referred to as a “touch panel”. The touchsensor 180K may be disposed on the display 194, and the touch sensor180K and the display 194 form a touchscreen, also referred to as a“touch screen”. The touch sensor 180K is configured to detect a touchoperation performed on or near the touch sensor.

For example, in this embodiment of this application, the electronicdevice 100 may detect, by using the touch sensor 180K, an operation ofgiving a video recording start indication and/or a video recording stopindication by the user.

It may be understood that the structure shown in this embodiment of thisapplication does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device100. In some other embodiments of this application, the electronicdevice 100 may include more or fewer components than those shown in thefigure, combine some components, split some components, or havedifferent component arrangements. The components shown in the figure maybe implemented by using hardware, software, or a combination of softwareand hardware.

A software system of the electronic device 100 may use a layeredarchitecture, an event-driven architecture, a microkernel architecture,a micro service architecture, or a cloud architecture. In an embodiment,an Android system of a layered architecture is used as an example toillustrate the software structure of the electronic device 100.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a software structure of the electronicdevice 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In a layered architecture, software is divided into several layers, andeach layer has a clear role and task. The layers communicate with eachother through a software interface. In some embodiments, an operatingsystem (for example, an Android system) of the electronic device isdivided into four layers, which are respectively a kernel layer, ahardware abstraction layer (HAL), an application framework layer, and anapplication layer from bottom to top.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The kernellayer includes at least a camera driver, an audio driver, a displaydriver, and a sensor driver.

In some embodiments, for example, in a video recording applicationscenario, the touch sensor 180K transmits a received touch operation toan upper-layer camera application by using the sensor driver at thekernel layer. After the camera application recognizes that the touchoperation is an operation of starting video recording, the cameraapplication invokes, by using the camera driver, the camera 193 torecord a video picture, and invokes, by using the audio driver, themicrophone 170C to record audio. In the foregoing process, acorresponding hardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer, and thekernel layer may process a corresponding operation into an originalinput event (for example, the touch operation includes information suchas touch coordinates and a timestamp of the touch operation). Theoriginal input event is stored at the kernel layer.

The HAL is located between the kernel layer and the applicationframework layer, and is configured to define an interface implemented byapplication driver hardware, and convert a value implemented by thedriver hardware into a software-implemented program language. Forexample, a value of the camera driver is recognized, the value isconverted into a software program language, and the software programlanguage is uploaded to the application framework layer, to invoke acamera service system.

In some embodiments, the HAL may upload, to the application frameworklayer for further processing, raw data obtained after face imagerecognition is performed on the video picture collected by the camera193. The raw data obtained after face image recognition may include, forexample, face image data and/or mouth image data. The face image datamay include a quantity of sound-making face images, position informationof a sound-making face image in the video picture, and the like. Themouth image data may include a quantity of sound-making mouth images,position information of a sound-making mouth image in the video picture,and the like.

For example, priority orders of the face image data and the mouth imagedata are preset. A vocal organ of a person is a mouth of the person, anda sound pickup range may be more accurately determined by usingsound-making mouth data. Therefore, a priority order of the mouth imagedata is set to be higher than a priority order of the face image data.For example, the HAL may determine sound-making face image data andsound-making mouth image data based on the collected video picture, andupload the sound-making mouth data as raw data based on the priorityorder. Subsequently, based on the sound-making mouth image data and acorrespondence between the video picture and panoramic audio, an audioprocessing system determines a sound pickup range corresponding to thesound-making mouth image. For another example, the HAL determines onlysound-making face image data based on the collected video picture, anduploads the sound-making face image data as raw data, to determine asound pickup range corresponding to the sound-making face image. Forstill another example, the HAL determines only sound-making mouth imagedata based on the video picture, and uploads the sound-making mouthimage data as raw data, to determine a sound pickup range correspondingto the sound-making mouth image.

The application framework layer provides an application programminginterface (API) and a programming framework for an application at theapplication layer. The application framework layer obtains the originalinput event from the kernel layer through the HAL, and identifies acontrol corresponding to the input event. The application frameworklayer includes some predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the application framework layer may include thecamera service system, the audio processing system, a view system, aphone manager, a resource manager, a notification manager, a windowmanager, and the like.

The camera service system serves the camera application, and is used toinvoke the camera application to collect an image based on an originalevent that is input by the kernel layer.

The audio processing system is used to manage audio data and process theaudio data by using different audio algorithms. For example, the audioprocessing system cooperates with the camera service system to process acollected audio signal in a video recording process. For example, basedon face image data, the audio processing system determines a soundpickup range, enhances an audio signal in the sound pickup range, andweakens an audio signal outside the sound pickup range.

In some embodiments, the camera application invokes the camera servicesystem at the application framework layer to start the cameraapplication. Then, the camera driver is started by invoking the kernellayer, and a video is captured by using the camera 193. The audioprocessing system is invoked, the audio driver is started by using thekernel layer, a sound signal is collected by using the microphone 170C,an analog audio electrical signal is generated, digital audio data isgenerated from the analog audio electrical signal by using the audiomodule 170, and audio is generated based on the digital audio data.

The view system includes visual controls, such as a control fordisplaying a text and a control for displaying an image. The view systemmay be configured to construct an application. A display interface mayinclude one or more views. For example, a display interface including anotification icon of Messages may include a text display view and apicture display view.

The phone manager is configured to provide a communication function ofthe electronic device 100, for example, management of a call status(including answering, declining, or the like).

The resource manager provides, for an application, various resourcessuch as a localized character string, an icon, a picture, a layout file,and a video file.

The notification manager enables an application to display notificationinformation in the status bar, and may be configured to transmit anotification-type message. The displayed information may automaticallydisappear after a short pause without user interaction. For example, thenotification manager is configured to notify download completion,provide a message notification, and the like. The notification managermay alternatively be a notification that appears in a top status bar ofthe system in a form of a graph or a scroll bar text, for example, anotification of an application running on the background or anotification that appears on a screen in a form of a dialog window. Forexample, text information is displayed in the status bar, anannouncement is given, the electronic device vibrates, or the indicatorlight blinks.

The window manager is configured to manage a window program. The windowmanager may obtain a size of a display, determine whether there is astatus bar, perform screen locking, take a screenshot, and the like.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the application packages may include applicationssuch as Camera, Video, Phone, WLAN, Music, Messages, Bluetooth, Maps,Calendar, Gallery, and Navigation.

The application layer and the application framework layer run on avirtual machine. The virtual machine executes Java files at theapplication layer and the application framework layer as binary files.The virtual machine is configured to perform functions such as objectlifecycle management, stack management, thread management, security andexception management, and garbage collection.

The audio processing method provided in the embodiments of thisapplication is described below by using an example in which theelectronic device is a mobile phone having the structures shown in FIG.1 and FIG. 3 .

In some embodiments, the method in the embodiments of this applicationmay be applied to a scenario in which a user indication is received todirectly start a camera application (which may also be referred to as acamera for short below), or may be applied to a scenario in which a userstarts another third-party application (for example, a short videoapplication, a live broadcast application, or a video call application)to invoke and start a camera.

The following uses a scenario in which a camera is directly started asan example for description.

In an embodiment, the user may indicate, in a manner such as a touchoperation, a keystroke operation, a mid-air gesture operation, or avoice operation, the mobile phone to start the camera and display ashooting preview interface. For example, on a main interface 401 shownin FIG. 4(a), the mobile phone starts the camera in response to anoperation of tapping a camera icon 41 by the user, and displays ashooting preview interface 402 shown in FIG. 4(b). Alternatively, themobile phone starts the camera in response to a voice indicationoperation of opening the camera by the user, and displays a shootingpreview interface 402 shown in FIG. 4(b). A control 421 is used to set ashooting function of the mobile phone, for example, delayed shooting. Acontrol 422 is used to enable or disable a filter function. A control423 is used to enable or disable a flash function.

On the shooting preview interface, the camera can switch betweendifferent functions in response to an operation of tapping differentfunctional controls by the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 4(b),controls 431 to 434 are used to switch between functions that can beimplemented by the camera. For example, the control 432 is currentlyselected, and the shooting function is started. For another example, inresponse to tapping on the control 431 by the user, the camera switchesto a portrait shooting function. Alternatively, in response to anoperation of tapping the control 433 by the user, the camera switches toa video recording function. Alternatively, in response to an operationof tapping the control 434 by the user, more functions such as panoramicshooting to which the camera can switch are displayed.

The following provides a description by using an example in which themobile phone starts the video recording function to record a videopicture and audio.

Generally, after the mobile phone starts the camera, the shootingfunction is started by default. After an operation of switching thefunction is detected, for example, an operation of tapping the videorecording control is detected, the video recording function is started,and a video recording preview interface is displayed. For example, afterstarting the camera, the mobile phone displays the shooting previewinterface 402 shown in FIG. 4(b) by default. After detecting anoperation of tapping the control 433 by the user, the mobile phonestarts the video recording function, and displays a video recordingpreview interface 403 shown in FIG. 4(c). Alternatively, in otherexamples, the mobile phone may alternatively start the video recordingfunction by default after starting the camera. For example, afterstarting the camera, the mobile phone directly displays the videorecording preview interface 403 shown in FIG. 4(c). That is, afterdetecting an operation of opening the camera application by the user,the mobile phone may start the video recording function. In still otherexamples, the mobile phone starts the video recording function bydetecting a mid-air gesture, a voice indication operation, or the like.For example, if the mobile phone receives a voice command “open thecamera to perform video recording” from the user, the mobile phonedirectly starts the video recording function of the camera and displaysthe video recording preview interface. In still other examples, inanother possible implementation, after starting the camera, the mobilephone enters, by default, a function that is last applied before thecamera is closed last time, for example, the portrait shooting function.Then, the mobile phone starts the video recording function of the cameraby detecting an operation of starting the video recording function, anddisplays the video recording preview interface.

In some embodiments, after switching to the video recording function isdetected by the mobile phone, the user is first asked whether to enablea voice enhancement mode. After the user determines to enable the voiceenhancement mode, the voice enhancement mode is enabled. Alternatively,the voice enhancement mode is automatically enabled after switching tothe video recording function is detected by the mobile phone. In someother embodiments, after switching to the video recording function isdetected by the mobile phone, the video recording preview interface isfirst displayed; then, after an operation of giving a shootingindication by the user is detected, the voice enhancement mode isenabled based on a user indication, or the voice enhancement mode isautomatically enabled.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4(b), in response to an operation oftapping the video recording control 433, the mobile phone displays thevideo recording preview interface 403 shown in FIG. 4(c), and displays aprompt box 44 on the video recording preview interface 403, to promptthe user whether to enable the voice enhancement mode. If the mobilephone detects an operation of tapping Yes by the user, the mobile phoneenables the voice enhancement mode and displays a shooting interface 404shown in FIG. 4(d). Alternatively, after switching from the shootingpreview interface 402 to the video recording function, the mobile phonedirectly enables the voice enhancement mode and displays the shootinginterface 404 shown in FIG. 4(d).

For another example, after switching to the video recording function,the mobile phone displays only the video recording preview interface 403shown in FIG. 4(c). Then, in response to an operation of tapping ashooting control 45 by the user, the mobile phone further displays theprompt box 44, and determines whether to enable the voice enhancementmode based on a selection of the user. Alternatively, after detecting,on the video recording preview interface 403, an operation of tappingthe shooting control 45 by the user, the mobile phone directly enablesthe voice enhancement mode and displays the shooting interface 404 shownin FIG. 4(d).

In some other embodiments, after detecting, on the video recordingpreview interface or in a process of recording a video picture, anoperation of enabling or disabling the voice enhancement mode by theuser, the mobile phone enables or disables the voice enhancement mode.The operation of enabling the voice enhancement mode may include, forexample, an operation of tapping a preset control or a voice operation.

For example, on the video recording preview interface 403 shown in FIG.4(c), the mobile phone may enable or disable the voice enhancement modeby detecting an operation performed by the user on a control 46. Forexample, a current display status of the control 46 indicates that themobile phone currently does not enable the voice enhancement mode, andthe mobile phone enables the voice enhancement mode after detecting anoperation of tapping the control 46 by the user. Before shooting startsor in a shooting process, the mobile phone may enable or disable thevoice enhancement mode by detecting an operation of tapping the control46 by the user.

After the voice enhancement mode is enabled, the mobile phone starts torecord a video picture after detecting an operation of giving a shootingindication by the user, and may perform processing such as videoencoding on the collected video picture, to generate and store a videofile.

For example, on the video recording preview interface 403 shown in FIG.4(c), in response to an operation of tapping the shooting control 45 bythe user, the mobile phone displays the shooting interface 404 shown inFIG. 4(d), and starts to record a video picture.

The voice enhancement mode is used to enhance audio collection of someobjects in a video picture of a shot video, thereby improving an audiorecording effect. For example, if the user performs video recording byusing a camera in an interview process, the user needs to focus oncollecting a voice of an interviewed person. The operation of giving ashooting indication by the user may include, for example, a plurality ofoperation manners such as an operation of tapping the shooting controland a voice indication operation.

For example, as shown in (a) in FIG. 5 , a large circle 501 is used torepresent a maximum range (which may also be described as a panoramicsound pickup range) in which all current microphones of the mobile phonecan perform sound pickup, and a small circle 502 is used to represent asound pickup range corresponding to a person (usually a person who ismaking a sound) concerned by the user. For another example, as shown in(b) in FIG. 5 , the sound pickup range (that is, a sound pickup range 1)of the person concerned by the user is in the panoramic sound pickuprange. In this embodiment of this application, a sound pickup range inwhich voice recording needs to be enhanced may be determined based onposition information of an image of the person concerned by the user ina recorded video picture. That is, an audio recording effect in thesound pickup range 1 shown in (b) in FIG. 5 is enhanced. Therefore, inrecorded audio, impact of other noise in panoramic audio on a sound madeby the person concerned by the user is reduced.

In some embodiments, a face image that is recognized by the mobile phoneand that is making a sound may be described as a first face image, and amouth image that is making a sound may be described as a first mouthimage; or may be described as a sound-making face image or asound-making mouth image. There may be one or more persons who aremaking sounds in the video picture. Therefore, there are one or morefirst face images, and there are one or more first mouth images. It maybe understood that, if some persons are making sounds in the currentlyshot video picture, but the mobile phone fails to recognize that thepersons are making sounds, face images or mouth images of theunrecognized persons who are making sounds are not classified as thefirst face image or the first mouth image.

Therefore, after the mobile phone enables the voice enhancement mode andstarts to record a video picture, the mobile phone needs to recognize afirst face image or a first mouth image, and determines, based on thefirst face image or the first mouth image, a first sound pickup range inwhich a voice recording effect needs to be enhanced, to obtain a bettervoice recording effect.

For example, after determining the first sound pickup range, the mobilephone invokes a microphone corresponding to the first sound pickuprange, to enhance an audio signal in the first sound pickup range. Insome scenarios, the mobile phone includes one or more microphones, andthe one or more microphones are configured to collect first audio (thatis, an initial audio signal). When a sound pickup range of a firstmicrophone in the one or more microphones includes a part or all of thefirst sound pickup range, an audio signal that is in the first soundpickup range and that is in the sound pickup range of the firstmicrophone is enhanced, an audio signal that is outside the first soundpickup range and that is in the sound pickup range of the firstmicrophone is weakened, and/or an audio signal of a microphone otherthan the first microphone in the one or more microphones is weakened, toobtain second audio (that is, audio corresponding to the first faceimage or the first mouth image). In some other scenarios, the mobilephone includes at least two microphones, and the at least twomicrophones are configured to collect the first audio. When a soundpickup range of a second microphone in the at least two microphones doesnot include the first sound pickup range, the second microphone isdisabled, where audio collected by a microphone other than the secondmicrophone in the at least two microphones is the second audio.Alternatively, when the second microphone is disabled, an audio signalthat is in the first sound pickup range and that is in a sound pickuprange of a microphone other than the second microphone in the at leasttwo microphones is enhanced, and/or an audio signal that is outside thefirst sound pickup range and that is in the sound pickup range of themicrophone other than the second microphone in the at least twomicrophones is weakened.

For example, a microphone 1 and a microphone 2 are configured on themobile phone. If the first sound pickup range is in a sound pickup rangeof the microphone 1, after obtaining an initial audio signal by usingthe microphone 1 and the microphone 2, the mobile phone may enhance anaudio signal that is in the initial audio signal, that is in the firstsound pickup range, and that is collected by the microphone 1; weaken anaudio signal that is in the initial audio signal, that is outside thefirst sound pickup range, and that is collected by the microphone 1; andweaken an audio signal collected by the microphone 2, to obtain audiocorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image.Alternatively, the mobile phone disables the microphone 2, enhances anaudio signal that is in the first sound pickup range and that is in anaudio signal collected by the microphone 1, and weakens an audio signalthat is outside the first sound pickup range and that is in the audiosignal collected by the microphone 1, to obtain audio corresponding tothe first face image or the first mouth image. For another example, amicrophone 1 and a microphone 2 are configured on the mobile phone. Thefirst sound pickup range includes a sound pickup range 1 in a soundpickup range of the microphone 1 and a sound pickup range 2 in a soundpickup range of the microphone 2. That is, the first sound pickup rangeis a union set of the sound pickup range 1 and the sound pickup range 2.In this case, after obtaining an initial audio signal by using themicrophone 1 and the microphone 2, the mobile phone may enhance an audiosignal that is in the sound pickup range 1 of the microphone 1 and thatis in the initial audio signal and an audio signal that is in the soundpickup range 2 of the microphone 2 and that is in the initial audiosignal, and weaken a remaining audio signal in the initial audio signal,to obtain audio corresponding to the first face image or the first mouthimage. It may be understood that the sound pickup range 1 and the soundpickup range 2 may completely or partially overlap.

For example, the shooting interface 404 is shown in FIG. 4(d), and theshooting interface 404 includes a viewfinder frame 48 used to display avideo picture. A sound pickup range corresponding to the viewfinderframe 48 is a maximum sound pickup range of a currently recorded videopicture. In the video picture currently being recorded, the mobile phonerecognizes a first face image 47, and it is assumed that the first faceimage is located at a central position of the viewfinder frame 48. Inthis case, the mobile phone determines that the first sound pickup rangeis a central position of the maximum sound pickup range. The mobilephone enhances an audio signal in the first sound pickup range. In anembodiment, a prompt box 49 is displayed on the shooting interface 404,and is used to prompt the user that a voice recording effect of a middleposition is currently enhanced. The prompt box 49 may be continuouslydisplayed in a shooting process, and displayed content varies with achange of the first sound pickup range. The prompt box 49 isautomatically hidden after shooting is stopped. Alternatively, theprompt box 49 is displayed only in a preset time period, andautomatically disappears after the preset time period, to avoid blockingthe video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame 48.

It may be learned that, in a process of recording audio, the mobilephone may obtain, by enhancing an audio signal in the first sound pickuprange, audio corresponding to a sound-making face or a sound-makingmouth, to enhance a sound receiving effect for the sound-making face orthe sound-making mouth, thereby reducing interference of external noise.Further, on the basis of enhancing the audio signal in the first soundpickup range, an audio signal outside the first sound pickup range maybe further weakened, to obtain a better voice recording effect.Alternatively, only the audio signal outside the first sound pickuprange is weakened, to reduce interference of external noise.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of an audio processing method accordingto an embodiment of this application. The following uses operations S601to S604 shown in FIG. 6 to describe in detail the process, described inFIG. 4(a) to FIG. 4(d), in which the mobile phone recognizes a firstface image or a first mouth image, determines a first sound pickup rangein which voice enhancement is required, and obtains audio correspondingto the first sound pickup range.

S601: The mobile phone recognizes a first face image or a first mouthimage.

In an embodiment, the mobile phone may recognize the first face image orthe first mouth image by using a face image recognition algorithm. Forexample, in a process of recording a video picture by the mobile phone,whether a face image is included in the collected video picture isdetermined by using the face image recognition algorithm. If a faceimage is included, the face image included in the collected videopicture is recognized, and whether the face image is making a sound isdetermined based on a change status of facial feature data such as fivesense organs data and facial contour data of the face image in a presettime period. A criterion for determining that the face image is making asound includes determining, by the mobile phone, that the face image iscurrently making a sound. Alternatively, if the mobile phone determinesthat the face image makes a sound again in a preset time period afterdetermining that the face image makes a sound for the first time, themobile phone determines that the face image is making a sound. It may beunderstood that a vocal organ of a person is a mouth of the person. Whendata of a sound-making mouth may be obtained, data of the first mouthimage may be preferentially determined, and the first sound pickup rangemay be subsequently determined based on the data of the first mouthimage.

For example, on an interface 701 shown in FIG. 7 , the mobile phonecollects a face image 71, and recognizes, by using the face imagerecognition algorithm, a facial feature key point corresponding to theface image 71 (for example, a circular feature point displayed on theface image 71, to determine whether the face image 71 is making asound); and may obtain face data and/or mouth data. For example, thefacial feature point includes an upper lip feature point and a lower lipfeature point, and a distance between upper and lower lips may beobtained in real time based on the upper lip feature point and the lowerlip feature point. Therefore, a distance threshold between the upper lipand the lower lip of the face image is preset. If a quantity of timesthat the mobile phone detects that the distance between the upper lipand the lower lip of the face image exceeds the distance thresholdexceeds a preset quantity of times in a preset time period after themobile phone detects, for the first time, that the distance between theupper lip and the lower lip of the face image exceeds the distancethreshold, the mobile phone determines that the current face image ismaking a sound.

Further, the facial feature point may further include a facial contourfeature point. In this case, the mobile phone may obtain data of a chinchange, data of a facial muscle change, and the like based on the facialcontour feature point, to determine whether the face image is making asound. For example, in a preset time period, if a quantity of times thatchange data generated by the chin moving up and down exceeds a presetthreshold exceeds a preset quantity of times, it is determined that thecurrent face image is making a sound. Certainly, the mobile phone mayalternatively determine a sound-making face or a sound-making mouthbased on a change of other data corresponding to the mouth, such aslaryngeal prominence change data. In addition, the mobile phone mayfurther implement more accurate recognition of the first face image orthe first mouth image with reference to the face data and the mouthdata.

It should be noted that, for the face image recognition algorithm, referto a face image recognition algorithm included in a conventionaltechnology. The face recognition algorithm and a calculation process ofthe face recognition algorithm are not described in detail in thisembodiment of this application.

There are one or more first face images. In a scenario in which thereare a plurality of first face images, that is, in a scenario in which aplurality of face images simultaneously make sounds or a plurality offace images successively make sounds in a first preset time period, themobile phone may exclude a face image with a relatively small face imagearea or at an edge of a video picture, and does not consider the faceimage as a first face image. Generally, in a process of recording avideo picture, a user points a camera at a person concerned by the user.Therefore, a face image concerned by the user should be a face imagewith a relatively large area, or a face image displayed in or near themiddle of the video picture. That is, a sound pickup range concerned bythe user is generally a sound in a picture range concerned by the user,and voice enhancement needs to be performed in the picture range. Thefirst preset time period may be a preconfigured short time range. Forexample, the mobile phone determines that a user A makes a sound, startstiming at a time point at which the user A stops making a sound, anddetects, in the first preset time period, that a user B starts to make asound. Further, the mobile phone detects, in a first preset time periodafter the user B stops making a sound, that the user A starts to make asound again. That is, in a video recording process, if the user B makesa sound immediately after the user A makes a sound, or the user A andthe user B alternately make a sound, face images corresponding to theuser A and the user B may be determined as first face images. Therefore,frequent determining of a sound pickup range corresponding to a firstface image in a short time range may be avoided, thereby reducing a dataprocessing amount and improving efficiency.

In this case, after recognizing a plurality of sound-making face images,the mobile phone determines a face image with a largest area or a faceimage closest to a center of the video picture, and determines the faceimage and a sound-making face image whose area difference with the faceimage is less than a preset threshold as first face images, ordetermines the face image and a sound-making face image in a presetrange near the face image as first face images, to determine a firstsound pickup range based on the first face images. Similarly, a scenarioin which the mobile phone determines a plurality of first mouth imagesis the same as the scenario in which the mobile phone determines aplurality of first face images, and details are not described. A centralpoint of the video picture includes, for example, a central point of aviewfinder frame and a central point of a display screen of the mobilephone.

S602: The mobile phone obtains a first feature value corresponding tothe first face image or the first mouth image.

S603: The mobile phone determines a first sound pickup range based onthe first feature value.

The first feature value is used to describe a relative positionrelationship between a face of a real person corresponding to the firstface image and the mobile phone, or the first feature value is used todescribe a relative position relationship between a mouth of a realperson corresponding to the first mouth image and the mobile phone.Therefore, the mobile phone may determine the first sound pickup rangebased on the first feature value. For example, if the real personcorresponding to the first face image is located directly in front ofthe mobile phone, that is, the first face image is located in a centralposition of the shot video picture, the first sound pickup range is asound pickup range directly in front of the mobile phone. Subsequently,after obtaining an initial audio signal including audio signals invarious directions, the mobile phone may obtain, based on the initialaudio signal and the first sound pickup range, audio corresponding tothe first face image. The first feature value includes one or more of afront-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter, an area ratio, or positioninformation. The front-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter, the arearatio, and the position information are parameters determined by themobile phone based on the first face image or the first mouth image. Formeanings of the parameters, refer to the following description.

The following describes an example method for determining the firstsound pickup range by the mobile phone when the first feature valueincludes different parameters.

Solution 1: The first feature value includes a front-facing/rear-facingattribute parameter of the first face image, or the first feature valueincludes a front-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter corresponding tothe first mouth image.

The “front-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter” is used to indicatewhether the video picture including the first face image or the firstmouth image is a video picture shot by a front-facing camera (alsoreferred to as a front-facing video picture in this specification forease of description) or a video picture shot by a rear-facing camera(also referred to as a rear-facing video picture in this specificationfor ease of description). The front-facing/rear-facing attributeparameter may be used to determine whether the first sound pickup rangeis in a 180-degree front-facing range or a 180-degree rear-facing rangeof the mobile phone. For example, as shown in FIG. 2B(b), a sound pickuprange corresponding to a front-facing video picture includes rangesrepresented by an ellipse 204, an ellipse 205, and an ellipse 206, and asound pickup range corresponding to a rear-facing video picture mayinclude ranges represented by an ellipse 201, an ellipse 202, and anellipse 203.

For example, a video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame of themobile phone may be switched between pictures collected by thefront-facing and rear-facing cameras. On a shooting interface 801 shownin (a) in FIG. 8 , the mobile phone is in a voice enhancement mode, anddetermines that there is a sound-making face image 81. If the mobilephone determines that a video picture in which the sound-making faceimage 81 is located is a video picture collected by the front-facingcamera, that is, determines that the first feature value is afront-facing attribute parameter, the mobile phone determines that thefirst sound pickup range is in the 180-degree front-facing range, anddisplays a prompt box 82 to prompt the user that a front-facing voicerecording effect is currently enhanced.

Further, the shooting interface 801 further includes afront-facing/rear-facing switching control 83, used to switch betweenthe front-facing and rear-facing cameras. For example, the mobile phonemay switch from the front-facing camera to the rear-facing camera inresponse to an operation of tapping the front-facing/rear-facingswitching control 83 by the user. Accordingly, the video picturedisplayed by the mobile phone is switched from the video picture that iscollected by the front-facing camera and that is displayed on theshooting interface 801 shown in (a) in FIG. 8 to a video picture that iscollected by the rear-facing camera and that is displayed on a shootinginterface 802 shown in (b) in FIG. 8 . If the mobile phone recognizes asound-making face image 84 in the current video picture, the mobilephone determines that the first feature value is rear-facing attributeparameter information, and determines that the first sound pickup rangeis in the 180-degree rear-facing range of the mobile phone. The mobilephone displays a prompt box 85 to prompt the user that a rear-facingvoice recording effect is currently enhanced.

As shown in FIG. 2B(b), a sound pickup range corresponding to arear-facing video picture is the ranges represented by the ellipse 201,the ellipse 202, and the ellipse 203, and a sound pickup rangecorresponding to a front-facing video picture is the ranges representedby the ellipse 204, the ellipse 205, and the ellipse 206. For example,if the mobile phone determines, based on the first feature value, thatthe first face image corresponds to a rear-facing video picture, themobile phone determines that the first sound pickup range is the rangesrepresented by the ellipse 201, the ellipse 202, and the ellipse 203.Alternatively, referring to FIG. 2B(d), if the mobile phone determines,based on the first feature value, that the first face image correspondsto a rear-facing video picture, the mobile phone determines that thefirst sound pickup range is the sound pickup ranges corresponding to themicrophone 27, the microphone 28, and the microphone 29.

Solution 2: The first feature value includes an area ratio correspondingto the first face image, or the first feature value includes an arearatio corresponding to the first mouth image.

The “area ratio” is used to indicate a ratio of an area of the firstface image or the first mouth image to an area of the video picture. Thearea ratio is used to measure a radius range (or diameter range) inwhich a microphone collects audio.

Specifically, in a process in which the user shoots the video picture byusing the mobile phone, a person concerned by the user is usually placedat a central position of the video picture, that is, the first faceimage or the first mouth image is located at a central position of theviewfinder frame. Different areas of the first face image or the firstmouth image correspond to different sound pickup ranges. For example, asshown in FIG. 9 , it is assumed that the mobile phone determines twofirst face images in different time periods, which are respectively afirst face image 1 and a first face image 2. Areas of the two faceimages are different, and an area of the first face image 1 is greaterthan an area of the first face image 2. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, a sound pickup range determined based on the first face image 1 is asound pickup range 1, and a sound pickup range determined based on thefirst face image 2 is a sound pickup range 2. The sound pickup range 1is greater than the sound pickup range 2.

In some embodiments, as shown in Table 1 below, X is used to representan area of the first face image or an area of the first mouth image; Yis used to represent the area of the video picture displayed in theviewfinder frame; and N represents a sound pickup range corresponding toa framing range.

TABLE 1 Sound pickup range Sound pickup range corresponding to the arearatio corresponding to the of the first face image Area ratio framingrange or the first mouth image X/Y N N*X/Y

In some embodiments, the area ratio is used to indicate a ratio of thearea of the first face image to the area of the video picture displayedin the viewfinder frame. There may be one or more first face images.Therefore, the area of the first face image is an area of one face imageor a sum of areas of a plurality of face images. The sum of areas of aplurality of face images may be represented by using an area of aplaceholder frame in which the plurality of face images are located,that is, an area of a minimum selection frame that includes theplurality of face images.

For example, on an interface 1001 shown in FIG. 10(a), a quantity offirst face images is 1. In a process of performing face imagerecognition by the mobile phone, a dashed line box 101 for framing aface area of a first face image 11 is determined based on a position ofa feature point at the top of a forehead, a position of a feature pointat the bottom of a chin, and positions of feature points on extremeedges of left and right faces without ears in facial feature points ofthe face image 11, and an image area in a framed range is the area ofthe first face image. That is, in a process of determining the area ofthe first face image, only the face area is calculated, and influence ofears, a hat, jewelry, a neck, and the like is excluded. The area of thevideo picture displayed in the viewfinder frame is an image area in aframed range of a dashed line box 102. Therefore, the mobile phone maydetermine the area ratio based on an area ratio corresponding to therecognized dashed line box 101 and the dashed line box 102.Subsequently, for a method for determining an area of a first faceimage, refer to the current method for determining the area of the firstface image. Details are not described later.

For another example, on an interface 1002 shown in FIG. 10(b), two faceimages are displayed on the interface 1002, and the two face images areboth recognized by the mobile phone as sound-making first face images.An area of a face image 12 on a right side is an image area in a framedrange of a dashed line box 103, and an area of a face image 13 on a leftside is an image area in a framed range of a dashed line box 104. Inthis case, the area of the first face image is an image area in a framedrange of a dashed line box 105, that is, an area of a minimum selectionframe that includes all face images (for example, a total framed areadetermined based on edge limit values of area selection frames of allface images). The dashed line box 105 is used to represent a placeholderframe in which the face image 12 and the face image 13 are located. Afinally determined area of the first face image includes image areascorresponding to the two face images. The area of the video picturedisplayed in the viewfinder frame is an image area in a framed range ofa dashed line box 106. Therefore, the mobile phone may determine thearea ratio based on an area ratio corresponding to the recognized dashedline box 105 and the dashed line box 106.

In a scenario in which a plurality of faces make sounds, on an interface1003 shown in FIG. 10(c), if two persons in a video picture are bothmaking sounds, the mobile phone determines that a face image 14 on aright side has a largest area. The mobile phone may exclude, by using apreset threshold, some sound-making face images not concerned by theuser. For example, the preset threshold is less than 20% of a largestface image area. For example, on the interface 1003, the mobile phonemay exclude a face image 15 that is on a left side and whose area isless than 20% of the area of the face image 14 on the right side. Inthis case, the first face image includes the face image 14 on the rightside. For another example, the preset threshold is that a distance froma face image with a largest area exceeds 35% of a length or a width ofthe video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame. For example, on theinterface 1003, the mobile phone may exclude the face image 15 that ison the left side and whose distance from the face image 14 on the rightside exceeds 35% of the length of the video picture displayed in theviewfinder frame. In this case, the first face image includes the faceimage 14 on the right side.

In some other embodiments, the area ratio is used to indicate a ratio ofthe area of the first mouth image to the area of the video picturedisplayed in the viewfinder frame. There may be one or more first mouthimages. Therefore, the area of the first mouth image is an area of onemouth image or a sum of areas corresponding to a plurality of mouthimages. The sum of areas of a plurality of mouth images may berepresented by using an area of a placeholder frame in which theplurality of mouth images are located, that is, an area of a minimumselection frame that includes the plurality of mouth images.

For example, on an interface 1101 shown in FIG. 11(a), a quantity offirst mouth images is 1. In a process of performing face imagerecognition by the mobile phone, a dashed line box 111 for framing anarea of a first mouth image 16 is determined based on positions of top,bottom, leftmost, and rightmost feature points in feature points of themouth image in facial feature points, and an image area in a framedrange is the area of the first mouth image. The area of the videopicture displayed in the viewfinder frame is an image area in a framedrange of a dashed line box 112. Therefore, the mobile phone maydetermine the area ratio based on an area ratio corresponding to therecognized dashed line box 111 and the dashed line box 112.Subsequently, for a method for determining an area of a first mouthimage, refer to the current method for determining the area of the firstmouth image. Details are not described later.

For another example, on an interface 1102 shown in FIG. 11(b), two mouthimages are displayed on the interface 1102, and the two mouth images areboth recognized by the mobile phone as sound-making first mouth images.An area of a first mouth image 17 on a right side is an image area in aframed range of a dashed line box 113, and an area of a first mouthimage 18 on a left side is an image area in a framed range of a dashedline box 114. In this case, the area of the first mouth image is animage area in a framed range of a dashed line box 115, that is, an areaof a minimum selection frame that includes all mouth images (forexample, a total framed area determined based on edge limit values ofarea selection frames of all mouth images). The dashed line box 115 isused to represent a placeholder frame in which the first mouth image 17and the first mouth image 18 are located. A finally determined area ofthe first mouth image includes image areas corresponding to the twomouth images. The area of the video picture displayed in the viewfinderframe is an image area in a framed range of a dashed line box 116.Therefore, the mobile phone may determine the area ratio based on anarea ratio corresponding to the recognized dashed line box 115 and thedashed line box 116.

Similarly, in a scenario in which a plurality of faces make sounds, onan interface 1103 shown in FIG. 11(c), if two persons in a current videopicture are both making sounds, the mobile phone determines that a mouthimage on a right side has a largest area. The mobile phone may exclude,by using a preset threshold, some sound-making mouth images notconcerned by the user. For example, the preset threshold is less than20% of a largest mouth image area. For another example, the presetthreshold is that a distance from a mouth image with a largest areaexceeds 35% of a length or a width of the video picture displayed in theviewfinder frame. On the interface 1103 shown in FIG. 11(c), asound-making mouth image on a left side is excluded, the first mouthimage includes only a sound-making first mouth image on a right side,and a radius of the first sound pickup range is determined based on anarea of the first mouth image on the right side.

For example, it is assumed that in the scenario in which the area of thefirst face image is determined, the mobile phone collects the videopicture by using the rear-facing camera. A sound pickup range determinedby the mobile phone based on a first feature value of the first faceimage shown in FIG. 10(a) may be the sound pickup range 2 shown in FIG.9 . A sound pickup range determined by the mobile phone based on a firstfeature value of the first face image shown in FIG. 10(b) may be thesound pickup range 1 shown in FIG. 9 .

It should be noted that, in the process of determining the area of thefirst face image and the area of the first mouth image, the first faceimage and the first mouth image are both converted into a rectangle, andthen an area of the rectangle is used as the area of the correspondingfirst face image or the area of the corresponding first mouth image. Itmay be understood that an irregular geometric shape may alternatively beused to correspond to the first face image and the first mouth image, tomore accurately determine a corresponding area. The rectangle in thisembodiment of this application is merely an example for description.This is not specifically limited in this embodiment of this application.

It should be noted that, in the process of determining the area ratio ofthe first face image and the area ratio of the first mouth image, anarea of the viewfinder frame is used as the area of the video picture.It may be understood that, if the mobile phone is a full-screen mobilephone, an area of a display of the mobile phone may be used as the areaof the video picture. Alternatively, another area and an area of anothershape may alternatively be used as the area of the video picture. Thearea of the viewfinder frame in this embodiment of this application ismerely an example for description. This is not specifically limited inthis embodiment of this application.

Solution 3: The first feature value includes position informationcorresponding to the first face image, or the first feature valueincludes position information corresponding to the first mouth image.

The “position information” is used to indicate a position of the firstface image or the first mouth image in the video picture. The positioninformation includes an offset of a central point of the first faceimage relative to a first reference point, for example, an offsetdirection, an offset angle, and/or an offset distance. Alternatively,the position information includes an offset of a central point of thefirst mouth image relative to a first reference point. The firstreference point is a central point of the video picture or a focus offocusing. The offset direction means that relative to the firstreference point, a central point of the first face image or the firstmouth image has a leftward offset, a rightward offset, an upward offset,a downward offset, an upper leftward offset, an upper rightward offset,a lower leftward offset, a lower rightward offset, or the like. Theoffset angle is an angle at which there is an upper leftward offset, anupper rightward offset, a lower leftward offset, or a lower rightwardoffset. The offset distance is a distance of a leftward offset, arightward offset, an upward offset, or a downward offset, a distance ofan offset at an offset angle, or the like.

In some embodiments, coordinates of the central point of the first faceimage may be determined based on limit positions of feature points invarious directions of the first face image. For example, in the processof determining the area of the first face image, the coordinates of thecentral point of the first face image are determined based on a positionof a feature point at the top of a forehead, a position of a featurepoint at the bottom of a chin, and positions of feature points onextreme edges of left and right faces without ears in facial featurepoints of the first face image. Similarly, coordinates of the centralpoint of the first mouth image are determined based on positions of top,bottom, leftmost, and rightmost feature points in feature points of themouth image in facial feature points of the face image.

Then, the first reference point is preset, and may include, for example,a central point of the video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame(or may be described as a central point of framing) or a focus offocusing in the framing range. A coordinate system is built by using thefirst reference point as an origin, a direction parallel to a bottomedge of the mobile phone (or a bottom edge of a current viewfinderframe) as an x axis, and a direction perpendicular to the x axis as y,and the current coordinate system is parallel to a display of the mobilephone. The offset direction, the offset angle, and the offset distanceof the central point of the first face image or the first mouth imagerelative to the first reference point are defined by using the builtcoordinate system. For example, as shown in (a) in FIG. 13 , a case ofthe coordinate system is shown when the mobile phone is verticallydisplayed, where the x axis is parallel to the bottom edge (that is, ashort edge) of the mobile phone. As shown in (b) in FIG. 13 , a case ofthe coordinate system is shown when the mobile phone is horizontallydisplayed, where the x axis is parallel to a side edge (that is, a longedge) of the mobile phone. Coordinates of an intersecting point of the xaxis and the y axis, that is, the origin is (0, 0). A positive directionof the x axis is right, and a positive direction of the y axis is up. Itmay be learned that, after the mobile phone switches between verticaldisplaying and horizontal displaying, directions of the x axis and theyaxis of the coordinate system change, and the offset direction, theoffset angle, and the offset distance of the central point of the firstface image or the first mouth image relative to the first referencepoint change accordingly.

For example, on an interface 1201 shown in FIG. 12(a), a quantity offirst face images is 1, a central point of the first face image is aposition corresponding to a mark 121, and a central point of a videopicture displayed in the viewfinder frame is a position corresponding toa mark 122. A position of the central point of the viewfinder frame isdetermined based on limit coordinates of top, bottom, left, and rightedges of the viewfinder frame. The mobile phone determines positioninformation of the first face image based on a position relationshipbetween the mark 121 and the mark 122. For example, in a scenariodisplayed on the interface 1201, the position information of the firstface image is the lower left of the central point of the viewfinderframe. Alternatively, on an interface 1202 shown in FIG. 12(b), aquantity of first face images is 1, a central point of a first mouthimage is a position corresponding to a mark 123, and a central point ofa video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame is a positioncorresponding to a mark 124. The mobile phone determines positioninformation of the first mouth image based on a position relationshipbetween the mark 123 and the mark 124. For example, in a scenariodisplayed on the interface 1202, the position information of the firstmouth image is the lower left of the central point of the viewfinderframe.

In some embodiments, if there are a plurality of first face images, thecentral point of the first face image is a central point in an imagerange including the plurality of face images. For example, in thescenario shown in FIG. 10(b), the central point of the first face imageis a geometric central point of the framed range of the dashed line box105. For another example, in the scenario shown in FIG. 11(b), thecentral point of the first mouth image is a geometric central point ofthe framed range of the dashed line box 115. Similarly, the centralpoint of the video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame is also ageometric central point of the viewfinder frame.

It should be noted that, in the process of determining the central pointof the first face image and the central point of the first mouth image,the first face image and the first mouth image are both converted into arectangle, and then a central point of the rectangle is used as thecentral point of the corresponding first face image or the central pointof the corresponding first mouth image. It may be understood that anirregular geometric shape may alternatively be used to correspond to thefirst face image and the first mouth image, to more accurately determinea corresponding central point. The rectangle in this embodiment of thisapplication is merely an example for description. This is notspecifically limited in this embodiment of this application.

In addition, in the process of determining the position informationcorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image, in somescenarios, the central point of the viewfinder frame is used as thefirst reference point, that is, the central point of the viewfinderframe is used to represent the central point of the video picture. Itmay be understood that, based on a display form of the video picture,the first reference point may alternatively be represented in anotherform. For example, a central point of a whole screen of the display ofthe mobile phone is used to represent the central point of the videopicture, that is, as the first reference point. In this embodiment ofthis application, that the central point of the viewfinder frame is usedas the first reference point is merely an example for description. Thisis not specifically limited in this embodiment of this application.

In some scenarios, in a process of recording a video picture, the usermay not place a concerned object at a central position in a framingrange, but selects a relatively concerned object in a focusing manner.The mobile phone may obtain a user intention by detecting a focusposition of focusing, and determine an object concerned by the user. Thefocus position of focusing may alternatively be a focus positionobtained by the mobile phone through automatic focusing. For example,the mobile phone automatically recognizes an image, and determines acorresponding focus position after automatic focusing.

For example, on an interface 1203 shown in FIG. 12(c), in a currentscenario, a quantity of first face images is 2, and a central point ofthe first face images is a position corresponding to a mark 125. Themobile phone detects an operation of tapping the screen by the user,obtains a focus position of focusing, and displays a dashed line box126. A range framed by the dashed line box 126 is a focusing rangedetermined by the mobile phone based on an intention of the user. Inthis case, a central focus in the focusing range is a positioncorresponding to a mark 127. The mobile phone determines positioninformation of the first face images based on a position relationshipbetween the mark 125 and the mark 127. For example, the positioninformation of the first face images is the upper left of the focuscenter.

In a possible implementation, the mobile phone may determine a relativeposition relationship between the first face image or the first mouthimage and the first reference point based on the coordinates of thecentral point of the first face image or the coordinates of the centralpoint of the first mouth image and coordinates of the first referencepoint, and then determine an offset direction of the first face image orthe first mouth image in the video picture displayed in the viewfinderframe.

For example, referring to the coordinate system shown in (a) or (b) inFIG. 13 , it is assumed that the coordinates of the central point of thefirst face image or the coordinates of the central point of the firstmouth image are (X1, Y1), the coordinates of the first reference pointare (X2, Y2), and the first reference point is set to the origin (0, 0)of the coordinate system. For the relative position relationship betweenthe first face image or the first mouth image and the first referencepoint, refer to Table 2 below. For example, if X1<X2, it indicates thatthe first face image or the first mouth image is located on a left sideof the first reference point, that is, the offset direction is leftward.For another example, if X1=X2, and Y1=Y2, it indicates that both aleft-right offset and an up-down offset of the central point of thefirst face image or the first mouth image from the first reference pointare zero. That is the central point of the first face image or the firstmouth image coincides with the first reference point, and the offsetdirection is no offset.

TABLE 2 Coordinate relationship Offset direction X1 < X2 Leftward X1 >X2 Rightward X1 = X2 No left-right offset Y1 < Y2 Downward Y1 > Y2Upward Y1 = Y2 No up-down offset

In another possible implementation, the mobile phone may determine,based on the coordinates of the central point of the first face image orthe coordinates of the central point of the first mouth image andcoordinates of the first reference point, an offset angle of the firstface image in the video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame (anincluded angle θ between the x axis and a connection line between thecoordinates (X1, Y1) of the central point of the first face image or thecentral point of the first mouth image and the first reference point(X2, Y2), as shown in FIG. 14 ). For example, as shown in FIG. 14 , alarge circle 141 is used to represent a maximum sound pickup rangecorresponding to the viewfinder frame of the mobile phone, andcoordinates of the central point of the viewfinder frame are set to (0,0), that is, the central point of the viewfinder frame is set to thefirst reference point. The maximum sound pickup range is divided intofour quadrants, for example, a first quadrant 142, a second quadrant143, a third quadrant 144, and a fourth quadrant 145. It is assumed thatthe offset angle is 0, and the mobile phone may determine the offsetangle θ based on a value of an included angle between the x axis and aconnection line between (X1, Y1) and (X2, Y2) in each quadrant; and inthis case, 0<0<90°. Alternatively, the mobile phone determines theoffset angle θ based on all quadrants; and in this case, 0<0<360°. Forexample, in FIG. 14 , the first face image is displayed in the secondquadrant 143 of the viewfinder frame, and tan θ=|Y2−Y1|/|X2−X1|, so thatthe mobile phone may obtain the offset angle θ of the first face imagein the video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame.

In still another possible implementation, the mobile phone maydetermine, based on the coordinates of the central point of the firstface image or the coordinates of the central point of the first mouthimage and coordinates of the first reference point, an offset distanceof the first face image in the video picture displayed in the viewfinderframe. The mobile phone may determine, based on the offset distance anda radius of the sound pickup range corresponding to the first faceimage, whether the sound pickup range corresponding to the first faceimage exceeds the sound pickup range corresponding to the framing range,and then determine the first sound pickup range.

For example, as shown in (a) in FIG. 15 , a large circle 151 is amaximum sound pickup range corresponding to the viewfinder frame, and aradius is R. The first reference point is the central point of the videopicture displayed in the viewfinder frame, that is, a central point ofthe maximum sound pickup range, and the coordinates of the firstreference point are (X2, Y2). The coordinates of the central point ofthe first face image are (X1, Y1). A radius that is of a small circle152 and that is determined by the mobile phone based on area ratioparameter information is r. The mobile phone may obtain the offsetdistance L=√{square root over ((X2−X1)²+(Y2−Y1)²)} based on thePythagorean theorem. Therefore, a distance between the central point ofthe first face image and an edge of the maximum sound pickup range isS=R−L. If the sound pickup range corresponding to the first face imagedoes not exceed the maximum sound pickup range, that is, r≤S, a radiusof the first sound pickup range is r=R*P. P is a ratio of the area ofthe first face image to the area of the video picture displayed in theviewfinder frame, that is, an area ratio parameter. If the sound pickuprange corresponding to the first face image partially exceeds themaximum sound pickup range, that is, r>S, as shown in (b) in FIG. 15 ,sound pickup cannot be performed in a part beyond the maximum soundpickup range of the mobile phone. In this case, the sound pickup rangecorresponding to the first face image changes accordingly, to ensurethat the mobile phone can obtain a sound. For example, if 1.5S >r >S,the radius of the first sound pickup range is equal to the distancebetween the central point of the first face image and the edge of themaximum sound pickup range. If r≥1.5 S, the radius of the first soundpickup range is equal to a product of a radius of a panoramic soundpickup range and the area ratio parameter. In this case, the mobilephone does not perform sound pickup in the part beyond the maximum soundpickup range. It may be understood that, when r>S, the method fordetermining the radius of the first sound pickup range by comparingvalues of r and 1.5 S is merely an example for description, and theradius of the first sound pickup range may alternatively be determinedby using another method, to ensure that the mobile phone can performsound pickup on audio data corresponding to the first face image. Forexample, the radius of the first sound pickup range is determined bycomparing values of r and 2 S.

It should be noted that, in the process of determining the central pointof the first face image or the first mouth image, the first face imageand the first mouth image are both converted into a rectangle, and thena geometric central point of the rectangle is used as the central pointof the corresponding first face image or the corresponding first mouthimage. It may be understood that an irregular geometric shape mayalternatively be used to correspond to the first face image and thefirst mouth image, to more accurately determine a position of acorresponding central point. The rectangle in this embodiment of thisapplication is merely an example for description. This is notspecifically limited in this embodiment of this application.

In some embodiments, the mobile phone may determine the first soundpickup range by using any one of the foregoing solution 1 to solution 3.Alternatively, the mobile phone may determine the first sound pickuprange by combining a plurality of solutions in the foregoing solution 1to solution 3. Alternatively, the mobile phone may determine the firstsound pickup range by combining one or more parameters in the foregoingsolution 1 to solution 3 with another parameter. Alternatively, themobile phone may determine the first sound pickup range by using anotherparameter.

For example, the following describes a method for determining the firstsound pickup range by the mobile phone by combining the foregoingsolution 1 to solution 3.

For example, it is assumed that the user currently selects to record avideo picture by using the rear-facing camera, as shown in FIG. 16A(a).In this case, the mobile phone determines, based on afront-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter of a video picturecorresponding to a first face image, that the video picturecorresponding to the first face image is a rear-facing video picture. Asshown in FIG. 16A(b), a first sound pickup range is in the 180-degreerear-facing range of the mobile phone, that is, ranges represented by anellipse 161, an ellipse 162, and an ellipse 163.

Then, the mobile phone may further determine the first sound pickuprange based on position information corresponding to the first faceimage. For example, as shown in FIG. 16B(a), the first face image is aface image on a left side, and a central point 164 of the first faceimage is located on the upper left of a central point 165 of theviewfinder frame. The mobile phone determines, based on the positioninformation, that an offset direction is upper left, and that a centralpoint of the first sound pickup range is located on the upper left of acentral point of the rear-facing sound pickup range. For example, forthe first sound pickup range, refer to a left side of ranges representedby an ellipse 161 and an ellipse 162 shown in FIG. 16B(b). As shown inFIG. 16B(c), a large circle 166 is a maximum sound pickup rangecorresponding to the rear-facing video picture, and the sound pickuprange is divided left and right along a center dashed line, so thatcorresponding left and right sound pickup ranges may be determined. Forexample, for the rear-facing and upper-left first sound pickup range,refer to ranges represented by a left half ellipse 1611 and a left halfellipse 1621 shown in FIG. 16B(c).

On this basis, it is assumed that the position information furtherincludes an offset angle and an offset distance. For example, the offsetangle is greater than 45 degrees, and the offset distance is greaterthan ½ of a radius of the video picture displayed in the viewfinderframe. That is, the first face image is located above a central positionof the video picture displayed in the viewfinder frame, and isrelatively far away from the central position. As shown in (a) in FIG.16C, the first face image is a face image on a left side, and an offsetdistance of a central point 166 of the first face image from a centralpoint 167 of the viewfinder frame is relatively large. In this case, anauxiliary effect of a middle sound pickup range on audio correspondingto the first face image is relatively small. For the first sound pickuprange, refer to a range represented by an ellipse 161 shown in (b) inFIG. 16C. Further, the first sound pickup range may be a rangerepresented by the left half ellipse 1611 shown in FIG. 16B(c).

For example, as shown in Table 3 below, in the multi-microphone scenarioshown in FIG. 2B(d), an example of a sound pickup range determined bythe mobile phone based on the front-facing/rear-facing attributeparameter of the video picture corresponding to the first face image andthe position information corresponding to the first face image isdescribed. Alternatively, an example of a sound pickup range determinedby the mobile phone based on the front-facing/rear-facing attributeparameter of the video picture corresponding to the first mouth imageand the position information corresponding to the first mouth image isdescribed.

TABLE 3 Position of the first face image or the first mouth image Soundpickup range Front-facing upper Sound pickup range corresponding to themicrophone 24 Front-facing middle Sound pickup range corresponding tothe microphone 25 Front-facing lower Sound pickup range corresponding tothe microphone 26 Rear-facing upper Sound pickup ranges corresponding tothe microphone 24 and the microphone 27 Rear-facing middle Sound pickuprange corresponding to the microphone 28 Rear-facing lower Sound pickupranges corresponding to the microphone 26 and the microphone 29

Finally, the mobile phone may determine a final first sound pickup rangebased on an area ratio corresponding to the first face image. The mobilephone may determine, by using the area ratio and a sound pickup rangecorresponding to a framing range, a radius of the first sound pickuprange corresponding to the first face image.

For example, in the process of determining the first sound pickup rangeby using the method in which the foregoing solution 1 to solution 3 arecombined, for example, the first sound pickup range is circled by thecircle 152 shown in (a) in FIG. 15 . A radius of the circle 152 may beused to correspondingly represent a radius range of the first soundpickup range. In this case, the first sound pickup range may berepresented by using the range represented by the left half ellipse 1611shown in FIG. 16B(c). For another example, in the scenario shown in (b)in FIG. 15 , it is finally determined that the radius of the first soundpickup range is the distance between the central point of the first faceimage and the edge of the maximum sound pickup range. In this case, thefirst sound pickup range may be represented by using the rangesrepresented by the left half ellipse 1611 and the left half ellipse 1612shown in FIG. 16B(c).

It should be noted that, in a process in which the mobile phonedetermines the first sound pickup range with reference to a plurality ofsolutions in the foregoing solution 1 to solution 3, a sequence ofdetermining the parameters is not limited, and the mobile phone maydetermine the parameters in another sequence different from the sequencein the foregoing example. For example, the parameters are simultaneouslydetermined.

The first sound pickup range corresponding to the first face image orthe first mouth image may be determined by using the foregoing solution,and subsequently, audio may be obtained by using the first sound pickuprange, thereby improving audio quality.

S604: The mobile phone obtains audio based on the first sound pickuprange.

The mobile phone may use a single microphone or a plurality ofmicrophones to collect surrounding sound signals in various directions,that is, collect panoramic sound signals. After preprocessing thepanoramic sound signals collected by the plurality of microphones, themobile phone may obtain initial audio data, where the initial audio dataincludes sound information in various directions. Then, the mobile phonemay record, based on the initial audio data and the first sound pickuprange, audio corresponding to the first face image.

In an embodiment, after determining the first sound pickup rangecorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image, themobile phone may enhance a sound that is in the first sound pickup rangeand that is in the initial audio data, and suppress (or weaken) a soundthat is outside the first sound pickup range and that is in the initialaudio data. Then, processed audio data is recorded to obtain the audiocorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image.

In this way, the audio corresponding to the first face image or thefirst mouth image records the sound in the first sound pickup range, andthe first sound pickup range is a sound pickup range determined based onthe first feature value corresponding to the first face image or thefirst mouth image. Therefore, the sound in the first sound pickup rangeis a sound corresponding to a sound-making face or a sound-making mouthconcerned by the user. That is, interference caused by noise in therecorded video picture to the sound made by the sound-making face or thesound-making mouth is reduced.

Further, based on the first sound pickup range, directional voiceenhancement is performed, so that in a complex shooting environment,only some audio signals can be enhanced by using an audio algorithm.This can simplify an audio processing algorithm, improve processingefficiency, and reduce a requirement on hardware computing performanceof the mobile phone.

In some other scenarios, because there may be an error between the firstsound pickup range determined by the mobile phone based on the firstfeature value and a display range of the first face image or the firstmouth image, the mobile phone may determine one or more reference firstsound pickup ranges near the first sound pickup range. The mobile phoneobtains one piece of audio based on the first sound pickup range, andobtains at least one piece of audio based on the reference first soundpickup range. The mobile phone may further use panoramic audio as onepiece of audio. In this case, the mobile phone may obtain, based on thefirst sound pickup range, a plurality of pieces of audio correspondingto the first face image or the first mouth image. One piece of audio maybe understood as one audio file.

In a possible implementation, the mobile phone may determine one or morecorresponding reference first sound pickup ranges based on the arearatio corresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image. Itis assumed that the first sound pickup range and the reference firstsound pickup range are determined based on the area ratio parameterinformation. For example, based on Table 1 and as shown in Table 4below, the mobile phone may determine the first sound pickup range andthe reference first sound pickup range based on a rule in Table 4 below.In Table 4 below, the first sound pickup range is a recommended value,and the reference first sound pickup range includes an enhancement value1, an enhancement value 2, and an enhancement value 3.

TABLE 4 Recommended Enhancement Enhancement Enhancement value value 1value 2 value 3 N*X/Y 1.1*N*X/Y 0.95*N*X/Y 1.05*N*X/Y

In another possible implementation, the mobile phone may determine,based on different audio processing methods, audio corresponding to thefirst sound pickup range and the reference first sound pickup range. Forexample, based on the procedure of determining the first sound pickuprange, audio corresponding to the first sound pickup range is audiodetermined by using a Dolby sound effect algorithm, and audiocorresponding to the reference first sound pickup range is audiodetermined based on a Histen sound effect algorithm. As shown in Table 5below, an algorithm 1 to an algorithm 4 are different audio algorithms,and audio corresponding to the first sound pickup range and thereference first sound pickup range are determined based on the differentaudio algorithms. The first sound pickup range is a recommended value,and the reference first sound pickup range includes an enhancement value1, an enhancement value 2, and an enhancement value 3.

TABLE 5 Recommended Enhancement Enhancement Enhancement value value 1value 2 value 3 Algorithm 1 Algorithm 2 Algorithm 3 Algorithm 4

In still another possible implementation, the mobile phone may obtain,with reference to the area ratio parameter information corresponding tothe first face image or the first mouth image and the audio algorithm,audio corresponding to the first sound pickup range and the referencefirst sound pickup range. As shown in Table 6 below, the first soundpickup range is a recommended value, and the reference first soundpickup range includes an enhancement value 1, an enhancement value 2,and an enhancement value 3.

TABLE 6 Recommended Enhancement Enhancement Enhancement value value 1value 2 value 3 N*X/Y + 1.1*N*X/Y + 0.95*N*X/Y + 1.05*N*X/Y + algorithm1 algorithm 2 algorithm 3 algorithm 4

It may be understood that the mobile phone may alternatively determinethe reference first sound pickup range by using another method. This isnot specifically limited in this embodiment of this application.

In addition, the mobile phone may process the initial audio data toenhance a sound in the reference first sound pickup range and suppress asound outside the reference first sound pickup range, and further recordprocessed audio data to obtain one or more pieces of audio correspondingto the first face image or the first mouth image.

In this way, the mobile phone may record and obtain, based on the firstsound pickup range and the reference first sound pickup range, aplurality of pieces of audio that match the first feature valuecorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image and thepicture of the first face image or the first mouth image, for subsequentselection and playing by the user. Each piece of audio datacorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image may bestored as one audio file, and the first face image may correspond to aplurality of audio files.

When the mobile phone records, based on the first sound pickup range andthe reference first sound pickup range, the plurality of pieces of audiocorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image, theplurality of pieces of audio provide a greater quantity of pieces ofaudio in different sound pickup ranges for the user, a possibility ofmatching the sound corresponding to the first face image or the firstmouth image concerned by the user is greater, and selectivity of audioplaying by the user is greater.

In some embodiments, the mobile phone may alternatively record, based onthe first sound pickup range or the reference first sound pickup rangeselected by the user, audio corresponding to the first face image or thefirst mouth image. For example, on an interface 1701 shown in FIG. 17 ,if the mobile phone detects an operation of tapping a recommended valueselection control 171 by the user, in a process of recording the videopicture, the audio corresponding to the first face image or the firstmouth image is recorded based on the first sound pickup range and theinitial audio data. Similarly, if the mobile phone detects an operationof tapping an enhancement value 1 selection control by the user, in theprocess of recording the video picture, the audio corresponding to thefirst face image or the first mouth image is recorded based on areference first sound pickup range corresponding to the enhancementvalue 1 and the initial audio data. If the mobile phone detects anoperation of tapping a no-processing selection control 172 by the user,in the process of recording the video picture, audio signals in variousdirections are fused based on the initial audio data, to obtainpanoramic audio. That is, audio corresponding to the no-processingselection control 172 is panoramic audio, and may also be understood asaudio obtained when the mobile phone is in a non-voice enhancement mode.For a method for determining the recommended value, the enhancementvalue 1, the enhancement value 2, and the enhancement value 3 on theinterface 1701, refer to Table 4 to Table 6, and details are notdescribed herein.

In some embodiments, before formally recording the video picture, theuser may experience recording effects corresponding to different soundpickup ranges, to determine a sound pickup range to be selected in aprocess of finally recording the video picture. The mobile phone maystore only a corresponding audio file based on a choice of the user, sothat storage space of the mobile phone may be saved when it is ensuredthat a user requirement is met.

In some other scenarios, in the process of recording the video pictureby the mobile phone, the first sound pickup range may change to a secondsound pickup range. For example, in the process of recording the videopicture, the mobile phone detects an operation of giving an indicationof switching between the front-facing camera and the rear-facing cameraby the user. A sound pickup range before switching is the first soundpickup range, and a sound pickup range after switching is the secondsound pickup range. Therefore, for audio in a recorded video, the audiorecorded by the mobile phone includes at least audio of first durationand audio of second duration. The audio of first duration is audiocorresponding to the first sound pickup range, and the audio of secondduration is audio corresponding to the second sound pickup range. Thatis, the mobile phone may dynamically determine a sound pickup rangebased on a change of a sound-making face or a sound-making mouth in thevideo picture, and then record audio based on the sound pickup range.After an operation of giving a recording stop indication by the user isfinally detected, audio of the formed video picture may include aplurality of pieces of audio of different duration or same durationrecorded based on a time sequence and the changing sound pickup range.

In this way, based on a change of the sound pickup range, the mobilephone may always focus on improving audio recording quality of a part inwhich voice enhancement needs to be performed, thereby ensuring an audiorecording effect. In addition, when the user plays a video file, playingexperience matching a dynamic change such as a sound range change ofvideo content may be presented to the user.

In a possible implementation, in the process of recording the videopicture by the mobile phone, the first feature value corresponding tothe first face image or the first mouth image changes, resulting in achange of the sound pickup range. For example, it is assumed that thefront-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter of the video picturechanges, resulting in a change of the first sound pickup range. On aninterface 1801 shown in FIG. 18(a), a front-facing video picture isdisplayed. When duration of recording is 00:15, the mobile phone detectsan operation of tapping a front-facing/rear-facing switching control 181by the user, switches to the rear-facing camera for shooting, anddisplays an interface 1802 shown in FIG. 18(b). In this case, the firstfeature value corresponding to the first face image or the first mouthimage changes before and after the duration of 00:15, audio in durationof 00:00 to 00:15 in recorded audio is audio corresponding to the firstsound pickup range, and audio after the duration of 00:15 is audiocorresponding to the second sound pickup range. Alternatively, themobile phone detects that the focus position of focusing selected by theuser changes. In this case, the position information corresponding tothe first face image or the first mouth image changes, resulting in achange of the first sound pickup range.

Alternatively, a picture range and a picture size of the video picturein the viewfinder frame may vary with a change of a zoom ratio (that is,a zoom value). The zoom ratio may be a preset zoom ratio, a zoom ratioused last time before the camera is closed, a zoom ratio indicated bythe user in advance, or the like. In addition, the zoom ratiocorresponding to the viewfinder frame may also be changed based on anindication of the user. In this case, in a scenario, the framing rangechanges as the zoom ratio changes. Accordingly, the area of the firstface image or the area of the first mouth image changes, and further,the area ratio corresponding to the first face image or the first mouthimage changes. That is, a change of the zoom ratio results in a changeof the sound pickup range. In this way, in a subsequent video playingprocess, the recorded audio may dynamically vary with a change of avideo content display area or the like, thereby improving playingexperience of the user.

For example, when other parameters are the same, if the zoom ratio isincreased to two times of an original value, the sound pickup range maybe reduced to ⅓ of an original value; and if the zoom ratio is increasedto three times of the original value, the sound pickup range may bereduced to ⅙ of the original value. Therefore, the mobile phone maydetermine, based on the zoom ratio, the sound pickup range correspondingto the framing range and the sound pickup range corresponding to thearea ratio of the first face image or the area ratio of the first mouthimage. As shown in Table 7 below, X is used to represent an area of thefirst face image or an area of the first mouth image; and Y is used torepresent the area of the video picture displayed in the viewfinderframe. When the zoom value changes, values of X and Y also change. Thecorresponding sound pickup range also changes.

TABLE 7 Sound pickup range Sound pickup range corresponding tocorresponding to the the area ratio of the Zoom value Area ratio framingrange first face image 1 X/Y N N*X/Y Z X11/Y11 N11 N11*X11/(Y11*Z)

It should be noted that the sound pickup range may alternatively not bechanged when the zoom ratio changes. For example, in a recordingprocess, after the zoom ratio changes, the first face image does notchange, indicating that content concerned by the user does not change.For example, a user A interviews a user B, and shoots an interviewprocess of the user B by using the mobile phone. The mobile phonedetermines that a first face image in a video picture is a face image ofthe user B. The mobile phone detects that the zoom ratio increases, butin this case, the first face image in the video picture is still theface image of the user B. In this case, the mobile phone may not need toobtain the first sound pickup range again, to reduce a computationamount and power consumption. Alternatively, if the mobile phonedetects, in a preset time range, a plurality of operations of changingthe zoom ratio, the sound pickup range may not need to be changed. Forexample, the preset time period is 2 s. After detecting, for the firsttime, an operation of changing the zoom ratio, the mobile phone does notneed to recalculate the sound pickup range first. If the mobile phonedoes not detect, in 2 s, an operation of changing the zoom ratio, themobile phone recalculates the sound pickup range. If the mobile phonedetects, in 2 s, an operation of changing the zoom ratio again, themobile phone does not need to recalculate the sound pickup range, anduses a time node at which the operation of changing the zoom ratio isdetected this time as a start point to monitor whether an operation ofchanging the zoom ratio is detected in a next 2 s time period.

In a possible implementation, in the process of recording the videopicture by the mobile phone, if the first face image or the first mouthimage changes, the first sound pickup range changes. For example, theforegoing scenario of switching between the front-facing camera and therear-facing camera may also be understood as a change of the first faceimage or the first mouth image. Alternatively, the sound-making faceimage or the sound-making mouth image changes, resulting in a change ofthe first face image or the first mouth image. For example, on theinterface 1802 shown in FIG. 18(b), it is assumed that in duration from00:16 to 00:20, the mobile phone determines that the first face image istwo face images included in the video picture. In duration from 00:21 to00:30, the mobile phone recognizes that the first face image is a faceimage 182 on a right side of the video picture. Alternatively, if theshot picture moves, and a currently recorded video picture does notinclude the previously recognized first face image or first mouth image,the first sound pickup range needs to be re-recognized by using theforegoing method.

In a possible implementation, the second sound pickup range isdetermined in response to an operation of changing a selection of thefirst sound pickup range or the reference first sound pickup range bythe user. For example, on an interface 1803 shown in FIG. 18(c), beforeduration of 00:30, the mobile phone records the video picture by usingthe first sound pickup range corresponding to the recommended value, anddetects, at 00:30, an operation of tapping an enhancement value 2selection control 183 by the user. In response to the operation, themobile phone determines the second sound pickup range as a sound pickuprange corresponding to the enhancement value 2, and displays aninterface 1804 shown in FIG. 18(d). After the duration of 00:30, themobile phone obtains audio by using the sound pickup range correspondingto the enhancement value 2.

In some embodiments of this application, before generating an audio fileof each piece of audio, the mobile phone may perform a plurality oftypes of sound effect processing on each piece of audio, so that therecorded audio achieves higher audio quality and a better audioprocessing effect. For example, the sound effect processing may includea Dolby sound effect, a Histen sound effect, a sound retrieval system(SRS) sound effect, a bass enhanced engine (BBE) sound effect, a dynamicbass enhanced engine (DBEE) sound effect, or the like.

It should be noted that, to prevent frequent changes of the first soundpickup range caused by frequent changes of the first feature value dueto jitter of the mobile phone, the mobile phone may set a preset timethreshold, and the mobile phone does not change the first sound pickuprange for a change within the preset time threshold. For example, basedon a setting, if the first feature value consecutively changes twice in1 s, the mobile phone considers that the current changes of the firstfeature value are caused by jitter of the mobile phone, and does notchange the corresponding first sound pickup range.

In an embodiment, in a process of using the foregoing method to collectan audio signal by using the microphone, the mobile phone may collectthe audio signal and process the audio signal based on the first soundpickup range, to obtain audio corresponding to the first face image orthe first mouth image. Finally, final audio is directly generated aftervideo recording ends. Alternatively, the mobile phone may first collectan audio signal, and after video recording is completed, process theaudio signal based on the first sound pickup range, to obtain audiocorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image.Alternatively, the mobile phone invokes, based on the first sound pickuprange, a corresponding microphone to collect an audio signal in thefirst sound pickup range, and processes the audio signal to obtain audiocorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image.

In an embodiment, the video recording function may include asingle-channel video recording function and a multi-channel videorecording function. The single-channel video recording function meansthat the mobile phone displays one viewfinder frame in a shootingprocess, to record one video picture. The multi-channel video recordingfunction means that the mobile phone displays at least two viewfinderframes in a shooting process, and each viewfinder frame is used for onevideo picture. In a process of using the multi-channel video recordingfunction, for each video picture and a corresponding audio collectionmanner, refer to the implementation of the single-channel videorecording function. In the foregoing method in which the first soundpickup range is determined based on the first face image and the firstmouth image, and voice recording is performed based on the first soundpickup range, an example in which the shooting interface includes oneviewfinder frame is used for description. In addition, a processcorresponding to the multi-channel video recording function includingtwo or more viewfinder frames is similar to this process, and detailsare not described.

In a process of recording the video picture, the mobile phone determinesthe first sound pickup range based on a sound-making face image or asound-making mouth image, and then records audio based on the firstsound pickup range. Subsequently, the recorded audio needs to be stored.The user may play a video picture and audio of a stored video. It shouldbe noted that, if a scenario of recording the video picture is areal-time communication scenario such as a live broadcast or a videocall, for a method for recording audio in the process of recording thevideo picture, refer to the foregoing method. However, after anoperation of giving a shooting stop indication by the user is detected,that is, after an operation of stopping communication is detected,communication is directly stopped, with no need to generate a recordedvideo. It may be understood that, in some real-time communicationscenarios, the user may alternatively choose to store a recorded video.In response to an operation of the user, the mobile phone determineswhether to store the recorded video in the real-time communicationscenario.

The following describes a scenario in which the mobile phone stores arecorded video and plays the stored recorded video.

In an embodiment, after detecting an operation of giving a shooting stopindication by the user, the mobile phone stops recording a video pictureand audio, and generates a recorded video. The operation of giving ashooting stop indication by the user may be an operation of tapping thecontrol 45 displayed on the video recording preview interface 403 shownin FIG. 4(c), an operation of giving a shooting stop indication by theuser by using a voice, a mid-air gesture operation, or anotheroperation. This is not specifically limited in this embodiment of thisapplication.

In an embodiment, after detecting the operation of giving a shootingstop indication by the user, the mobile phone generates a recordedvideo, and returns to the video recording preview interface or ashooting preview interface. The recorded video may include a videopicture and audio. For example, for a thumbnail of the recorded videogenerated by the mobile phone, refer to a thumbnail 191 displayed on aninterface 1901 shown in FIG. 19(a), or a thumbnail 192 displayed on aninterface 1902 shown in FIG. 19(b).

In a possible implementation, the mobile phone may prompt the user thatthe recorded video has a plurality of pieces of audio. For example, thethumbnail of the recorded video or detailed information of the recordedvideo may include prompt information used to indicate the plurality ofpieces of audio. For example, the prompt information may be a mark 193of a plurality of loudspeakers displayed on the interface 1902 shown inFIG. 19(b), a mark in another form, text information, or the like. Eachpiece of audio may separately correspond to audio collected in the firstsound pickup range and the reference first sound pickup range.

In a possible implementation, in response to the operation of giving ashooting stop indication by the user, the mobile phone displays aninterface 1903 shown in FIG. 19(c), to prompt the user to store requiredaudio of a video file. The video file currently includes audio 194 to197, respectively corresponding to audio files recorded in differentsound pickup ranges, or audio files that are recorded in a same soundpickup range and that are obtained after processing by using differentaudio algorithms. For example, corresponding to the method shown inTable 4 to Table 6 above, the audio 194 to 197 is audio respectivelycorresponding to the recommended value, the enhancement value 1, theenhancement value 2, and the enhancement value 3. In response to anoperation of giving a playing indication by the user, the mobile phonemay play the video file and corresponding audio. For example, if themobile phone detects an operation of giving, by the user, an indicationof playing the audio 194, the mobile phone plays the video file and theaudio 194. After watching the video file, the user may select to storean audio file that the user considers to have a better audio effect. Inresponse to the selection of the user, the audio that the user needs tostore is determined, thereby improving use experience of the user, andavoiding a problem that excessive storage space is occupied due tostorage of excessive audio. On the interface 1903 shown in FIG. 19(c),the user selects to store the audio 194 and the audio 197 of the currentvideo file. In response to an operation of tapping a save control 198 bythe user, the mobile phone stores the video file, and displays theinterface 1902 shown in FIG. 19(b). A quantity of loudspeakers in theloudspeaker mark 193 may correspond to a quantity of pieces of audioincluded in the current video file.

In an embodiment, after detecting an operation of giving, by the user,an indication of playing the recorded video, the mobile phone plays thevideo picture and the audio of the recorded video. The operation ofgiving, by the user, an indication of playing the recorded video may bean operation of tapping, by the user, the thumbnail 191 on the videorecording preview interface shown in FIG. 19(a). Alternatively, theoperation of giving, by the user, an indication of playing the recordedvideo may be an operation of tapping, by the user, the thumbnail 192 ina gallery shown in FIG. 19(b).

In a possible implementation, after detecting the operation of giving,by the user, an indication of playing the recorded video, the mobilephone plays the recorded video based on the video picture and the audiothat are recorded in the video recording process. During video playback,the mobile phone may display a video playing interface, and the videoplaying interface may include the recorded video picture. In addition,by default, the mobile phone may play the audio corresponding to thefirst sound pickup range, and then may switch to play other audio basedon an indication of the user. Alternatively, if the user selects a soundpickup range in the recording process, the mobile phone automaticallyplays audio corresponding to the sound pickup range selected by theuser.

For example, during video playback, the video playing interface mayinclude a plurality of audio switching controls, and each audioswitching control corresponds to one piece of audio. After detecting anoperation of tapping an audio switching control by the user, the mobilephone plays the audio corresponding to the audio switching control.

For example, during video playback, the mobile phone may display a videoplaying interface 2001 shown in FIG. 20(a), and the video playinginterface 2001 displays a video picture. The video playing interface2001 further displays audio switching controls 201 to 205. As shown inFIG. 20(a), if the mobile phone currently selects the audio switchingcontrol 201, or selects the recommended value by default, the mobilephone plays the audio corresponding to the first sound pickup range. Ifthe mobile phone detects an operation of tapping the audio switchingcontrol 203 by the user, the mobile phone may play audio correspondingto a reference first sound pickup range corresponding to the audioswitching control 203.

For another example, in response to an operation of the user, the mobilephone may delete some audio corresponding to the video file. On aninterface 2002 shown in FIG. 20(b), the mobile phone detects anoperation of touching and holding the audio switching control 205 by theuser, and displays a deletion prompt box. If the user confirms deletion,the mobile phone deletes audio corresponding to the audio switchingcontrol 205, and displays an interface 2003 shown in FIG. 20(c). On theinterface 2003, the audio switch control 205 corresponding to the audiowhose deletion is confirmed by the user is no longer displayed. In thisway, in a video playback process, audio that the user does not want tostore can be deleted based on a user requirement, thereby improving useexperience of the user.

In another possible implementation, during video playback, the mobilephone may display the video playing interface without playing audiofirst. After detecting an indication operation of the user, the mobilephone plays audio indicated by the user.

In the solution described in the foregoing embodiment, during videoplayback, the mobile phone may play the audio corresponding to the firstface image or the first mouth image, so that interference caused bynoise to the sound made by the sound-making face or the sound-makingmouth is reduced in the played audio. In addition, the played audiomatches, in real time, the face image concerned by the user, therebyimproving audio experience of the user.

In addition, the mobile phone may switch to play audio corresponding todifferent sound pickup ranges, to provide a plurality of audio playingoptions for the user, thereby implementing audio adjustability, andimproving audio playing experience of the user.

In addition, the mobile phone may play audio corresponding to the firstface image or the first mouth image and the first feature value thatchange in real time, so that the audio matches the changing videopicture in real time, thereby improving audio experience of the user.

FIG. 21A and FIG. 21B are another schematic flowchart of an audioprocessing method according to an embodiment of this application. Theaudio processing method may be applied to the electronic device 100shown in FIG. 1 .

In some embodiments, after detecting an operation of giving, by a user,an indication of opening a camera, the electronic device starts thecamera, and displays a shooting preview interface. Then, after detectingan operation of giving a shooting indication by the user, the electronicdevice starts to collect a video picture and first audio (that is, aninitial audio signal).

It should be noted that an image collected by the camera of theelectronic device is an initial video image, and after the initial videoimage is processed, a video picture that can be displayed on a displayis obtained. Processing the initial video image is performed by aprocessor. In FIG. 21A and FIG. 21B, the video picture collected by thecamera is merely an example for description.

Before or after detecting the operation of giving a shooting indicationby the user, the electronic device enables a voice enhancement mode inresponse to an operation of the user. Alternatively, the electronicdevice enables a voice enhancement mode after detecting the operation ofgiving a shooting indication by the user.

In some embodiments, the first audio is audio signals collected invarious directions by one or more microphones of the electronic device.Subsequently, voice-enhanced audio may be obtained based on the firstaudio.

For example, an example in which the processor includes a GPU, an NPU,and an AP is used for description. It may be understood that operationsperformed by the GPU, the NPU, and the AP herein may alternatively beperformed by another processing unit in the processor. This is notlimited in this embodiment of this application.

In some embodiments, the NPU in the processor recognizes, by using animage recognition technology, whether the video picture includes a faceimage and/or a mouth image. Further, the NPU may further determine,based on data of the face image and/or the mouth image, a sound-makingface or a sound-making mouth in the face image and/or the mouth image,to determine a sound pickup range in which directional voice recordingneeds to be performed.

A first feature value of a target image may be determined by using thetarget image, and then a first sound pickup range is determined based onthe first feature value. The first feature value includes one or more ofa front-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter, an area ratio, orposition information. The front-facing/rear-facing attribute parameteris used to indicate whether the video picture is a video picture shot bya front-facing camera or a video picture shot by a rear-facing camera.The area ratio is used to indicate a ratio of an area of the targetimage to an area of the video picture. The position information is usedto indicate a position of the target image in the video picture.

In some scenarios, the first feature value includes afront-facing/rear-facing attribute parameter corresponding to the targetimage. That is, the AP in the processor determines whether the videopicture in which the current target image is located is a front-facingvideo picture or a rear-facing video picture. If the video picture is afront-facing video picture, the first sound pickup range is a soundpickup range on a front-facing camera side. If the video picture is arear-facing video picture, the first sound pickup range is a soundpickup range on a rear-facing camera side.

In some other scenarios, the first feature value includes an area ratiocorresponding to the target image. The “area ratio” is used to indicatea ratio (for example, represented by X/Y) of an area of a first faceimage or a first mouth image to an area of the video picture. Forexample, the electronic device determines the first feature value basedon a ratio of the area of the first face image to an area of aviewfinder frame.

Specifically, the area ratio is used to measure a size of the firstsound pickup range corresponding to the first face image or the firstmouth image, for example, a radius range or a diameter range of thefirst sound pickup range. Therefore, the AP may determine the radiusrange of the first sound pickup range based on the area ratio of thefirst face image. Alternatively, the AP may determine the radius rangeof the first sound pickup range based on the area ratio of the firstmouth image. Then, the AP may determine the first sound pickup range(for example, represented by N*X/Y) based on the area ratio and a soundpickup range of the first audio. For example, area of the targetimage/area of the video picture=first sound pickup range/sound pickuprange of the first audio.

In some other embodiments, the first feature value includes positioninformation corresponding to the target image. The AP determines, basedon the position information of the target image in the video picture, aposition of the first sound pickup range corresponding to the targetimage in the sound pickup range of the first audio. Specifically, the APdetermines a first offset of a central point of the target imagerelative to a first reference point, and the first reference point is acentral point of the video picture or a focus of focusing. Then, the APdetermines, based on the first offset, a second offset of a centralpoint of the first sound pickup range relative to a central point of thesound pickup range of the first audio, where the second offset isdirectly proportional to the first offset, so that the first soundpickup range is obtained.

The first offset or the second offset includes an offset angle and/or anoffset distance. For example, a coordinate system is built by using thefirst reference point as an origin, a direction parallel to a bottomedge of the electronic device (or a bottom edge of a current viewfinderframe) as an x axis, and a direction perpendicular to the x axis as y.The first reference point is used as a coordinate origin of thecoordinate system, and the coordinate system is parallel to a display ofthe electronic device. If the first offset is 45 degrees on the upperleft, the second offset is 45 degrees on the upper left. In this case,the first sound pickup range is in the sound pickup range of the firstaudio, and the central point of the first sound pickup range is at 45degrees on the upper left of the central point of the sound pickup rangeof the first audio.

For example, the offset of the center of the target image relative tothe reference point includes an offset angle θ1 and an offset distanceL1. The offset of the first sound pickup range relative to the soundpickup range of the first audio includes an offset angle θ2 and anoffset distance L2. In this case, θ1=θ2, and L1/L2=constant.

It may be understood that the AP may determine the first sound pickuprange by using one or any combination of the front-facing/rear-facingattribute parameter, the area ratio, and the position information.

In some embodiments, after determining the first sound pickup range, theAP in the processor enhances an audio signal in the first sound pickuprange and/or weakens an audio signal outside the first sound pickuprange by using the first audio collected by the one or more microphones,to obtain audio corresponding to the first face image or the first mouthimage, that is, obtain second audio.

In some embodiments, the AP may invoke a microphone corresponding to thefirst sound pickup range, to enhance an audio signal in the first soundpickup range, so that volume in the first sound pickup range is greaterthan volume outside the first sound pickup range.

For example, the electronic device includes one or more microphones, andthe one or more microphones are configured to collect the first audio.When a sound pickup range of a first microphone in the one or moremicrophones includes a part or all of the first sound pickup range, thesecond audio is obtained by performing at least one of the followingoperations: enhancing an audio signal that is in the first sound pickuprange and that is in the sound pickup range of the first microphone;weakening an audio signal that is outside the first sound pickup rangeand that is in the sound pickup range of the first microphone; andweakening an audio signal of a microphone other than the firstmicrophone in the one or more microphones.

For another example, the electronic device includes at least twomicrophones, and the at least two microphones are configured to collectthe first audio. When a sound pickup range of a second microphone in theat least two microphones does not include the first sound pickup range,the second microphone is disabled, where audio collected by a microphoneother than the second microphone in the at least two microphones is theaudio corresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image.Alternatively, when the second microphone is disabled, an audio signalthat is in the first sound pickup range and that is in a sound pickuprange of a microphone other than the second microphone in the at leasttwo microphones is enhanced, and/or an audio signal that is outside thefirst sound pickup range and that is in the sound pickup range of themicrophone other than the second microphone in the at least twomicrophones is weakened.

In some embodiments, after obtaining the second audio, the AP in theprocessor obtains a recorded video by using the obtained video picture.After an operation of giving a shooting stop indication is detected, therecorded video including the second audio and the video picture isobtained.

In some embodiments, the recorded video may include a plurality of audiofiles, where each audio file includes one piece of audio. For example,because there may be an error between the first sound pickup rangedetermined by the electronic device based on the first feature value anda display range of the first face image or the first mouth image, theelectronic device may determine one or more reference first sound pickupranges near the first sound pickup range. The electronic device obtainsone piece of audio based on the first sound pickup range, and obtains atleast one piece of audio based on the reference first sound pickuprange. The electronic device may further use the panoramic audio as onepiece of audio. In this case, the electronic device may obtain, based onthe first sound pickup range, a plurality of pieces of audiocorresponding to the first face image or the first mouth image. Onepiece of audio may be understood as one audio file.

In this way, a plurality of types of audio experience may be providedfor the user. In addition, the user may select, based on personalaudio-visual experience, to delete some audio and store audio that theuser considers optimal, thereby improving use experience of the user,and reducing storage pressure of a memory.

An embodiment of this application further provides an electronic device,including one or more processors and one or more memories. The one ormore memories are coupled to the one or more processors, the one or morememories are configured to store computer program code, and the computerprogram code includes computer instructions. When the one or moreprocessors execute the computer instructions, the electronic device isenabled to perform the foregoing related method operations to implementthe audio processing method in the foregoing embodiments.

An embodiment of this application further provides a chip system,including a processor. The processor is coupled to a memory, and thememory is configured to store a program or instructions. When theprogram or the instructions are executed by the processor, the chipsystem is enabled to implement the method in any one of the foregoingmethod embodiments.

In an embodiment, there may be one or more processors in the chipsystem. The processor may be implemented by using hardware, or may beimplemented by using software. When the processor is implemented by thehardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit,or the like. When the processor is implemented by using the software,the processor may be a general-purpose processor, and is implemented byreading software code stored in the memory.

In an embodiment, there may be one or more memories in the chip system.The memory may be integrated with the processor, or may be disposedseparately from the processor. This is not limited in this application.For example, the memory may be a non-transitory processor, for example,a read-only memory ROM. The memory and the processor may be integratedinto a same chip, or may be separately disposed on different chips. Atype of the memory and a manner of disposing the memory and theprocessor are not specifically limited in this application.

For example, the chip system may be a field-programmable gate array(FPGA), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a system onchip (SoC), a central processor unit (CPU), a network processor (NP), adigital signal processor (DSP), a micro controller unit (MCU), aprogrammable logic device (PLD), or another integrated chip.

It should be understood that the operations in the foregoing methodembodiments may be implemented by using an integrated logic circuit ofhardware in the processor, or by using instructions in a form ofsoftware. The operations of the method disclosed with reference toembodiments of this application may be directly performed by a hardwareprocessor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and softwaremodules in the processor.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer-readablestorage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores computerinstructions. When the computer instructions are run on a terminaldevice, the terminal device is enabled to perform the foregoing relatedmethod operations to implement the audio processing method in theforegoing embodiments.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer programproduct. When the computer program product is run on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform the foregoing related operations toimplement the audio processing method in the foregoing embodiments.

In addition, an embodiment of this application further provides anapparatus. The apparatus may be specifically a component or a module,and the apparatus may include a processor and a memory that areconnected. The memory is configured to store computer executioninstructions. When the apparatus runs, the processor may execute thecomputer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that theapparatus performs the audio processing method in the foregoing methodembodiments.

The terminal device, the computer-readable storage medium, the computerprogram product, or the chip provided in the embodiments of thisapplication are all used to perform the corresponding method providedabove. Therefore, for beneficial effects that can be achieved by theterminal device, the computer-readable storage medium, the computerprogram product, or the chip, refer to beneficial effects in thecorresponding method provided above. Details are not described herein.

It may be understood that, to implement the foregoing functions, theelectronic device includes a corresponding hardware and/or softwaremodule for performing each function. Algorithm operations of theexamples described with reference to the embodiments disclosed in thisspecification may be implemented in this application in a form ofhardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether afunction is performed by hardware or hardware driven by computersoftware depends on a particular application and a design constraint ofthe technical solutions. A person of ordinary skill in the art may usedifferent methods to implement the described functions for eachparticular application, but it should not be considered that theimplementation goes beyond the scope of this application.

In the embodiments, division of functional modules may be performed onthe electronic device based on the foregoing method example. Forexample, each functional module may be obtained through divisioncorresponding to each function, or two or more functions may beintegrated into one processing module. The integrated module may beimplemented in a form of hardware. It should be noted that, inembodiments of this application, division into the modules is an exampleand is merely logical function division, and may be other division in anactual implementation.

Based on the foregoing descriptions of the implementations, a personskilled in the art may clearly understand that for the purpose ofconvenient and brief descriptions, division into the foregoingfunctional modules is merely used as an example for descriptions. Duringactual application, the foregoing functions can be allocated todifferent functional modules for implementation based on a requirement,in other words, an inner structure of an apparatus is divided intodifferent functional modules to implement all or a part of the functionsdescribed above. For a working process of the foregoing system,apparatus, and unit, refer to a corresponding process in the foregoingmethod embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed apparatuses and methods may be implementedin other manners. For example, the described terminal device embodimentis merely an example. For example, the module and division into theunits is merely logical function division and may be other division inactual implementation. For example, a plurality of units or componentsmay be combined or integrated into another system, or some features maybe ignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussedmutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the modules or units may beimplemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality ofnetwork units. Some or all of the units may be selected based on actualrequirements to achieve the objectives of the solutions of embodiments.

In addition, functional units in embodiments of this application may beintegrated into one processing unit, each of the units may exist alonephysically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. Theintegrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or may beimplemented in a form of a software function unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a softwarefunctional unit and sold or used as an independent product, theintegrated unit may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of thisapplication essentially, or the part contributing to the conventionaltechnology, or all or some of the technical solutions may be implementedin the form of a software product. The computer software product isstored in a storage medium and includes several instructions forinstructing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, aserver, or a network device) to perform all or some of the operations ofthe methods described in embodiments of this application. The foregoingstorage medium includes any medium that can store program code, forexample, a flash memory, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory, arandom access memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are only example implementations of thisapplication, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of thisapplication. Any variation or replacement within the technical scopedisclosed in this application shall fall within the protection scope ofthis application. Therefore, the protection scope of this applicationshall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

1. An audio processing method comprising: at an electronic device;detecting a first operation of opening a camera application; displayinga shooting preview interface in response to detecting the firstoperation; detecting a second operation of starting video recording;collecting a video picture and first audio and displaying a shootinginterface in response to detecting the second operation, wherein theshooting interface comprises a preview interface of the video picture;recognizing a target image in the video picture, wherein the targetimage is a first face image or a first mouth image, the first face imagebeing a face image of a sound-making object in the video image, and thefirst mouth image being a mouth image of the sound-making object in thevideo image; determining, based on the target image, a first soundpickup range corresponding to the sound-making object; and obtaining,based on the first sound pickup range and the first audio, second audiocorresponding to the video picture, wherein in the second audio, audiovolume of the second audio in the first sound pickup range is greaterthan audio volume outside the first sound pickup range.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein determining the first sound pickup rangecomprises: obtaining a first feature value based on the target image,wherein the first feature value comprises one or more of a front-facingor a rear-facing attribute parameter, an area ratio, or positioninformation, the front-facing or the rear-facing attribute parameterbeing used to indicate whether the video picture is a video picture shotby a front-facing camera or a video picture shot by a rear-facingcamera, the area ratio being used to indicate a ratio of an area of thetarget image to an area of the video picture, and the positioninformation being used to indicate a position of the target image in thevideo picture; and determining, based on the first feature value, thefirst sound pickup range corresponding to the sound-making object. 3.The method according to claim 2, wherein determining the first soundpickup range further comprises: in response to the video picture beingthe front-facing video picture, determining that the first sound pickuprange is a sound pickup range on a front-facing camera side; and inresponse to the video picture being the rear-facing video picture,determining that the first sound pickup range is a sound pickup range ona rear-facing camera side.
 4. The method according to claim 2, whereindetermining the first sound pickup range further comprises: determiningthe first sound pickup range based on the area ratio and a sound pickuprange of the first audio.
 5. The method according to claim 2, whereindetermining the first sound pickup range further comprises: determining,based on the position information, a position of the first sound pickuprange in a sound pickup range of the first audio.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 5, wherein the position information comprises a firstoffset of a central point of the target image relative to a firstreference point, and the first reference point is a central point of thevideo picture or a focus of focusing; and wherein determining theposition of the first sound pickup range in the sound pickup range ofthe first audio comprises: determining, based on the first offset, asecond offset of a central point of the first sound pickup rangerelative to a central point of the sound pickup range of the firstaudio, wherein the second offset is directly proportional to the firstoffset; and determining, based on the second offset, the position of thefirst sound pickup range in the sound pickup range of the first audio.7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the central point of thevideo picture is a central point of a viewfinder frame, or the centralpoint of the video picture is a central point of a display.
 8. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the second audiocomprises: enhancing an audio signal that is in the first sound pickuprange and that is in the first audio, or weakening an audio signal thatis outside the first sound pickup range and that is in the first audio,to thereby obtain the second audio.
 9. The method according to claim 8,wherein the electronic device comprises one or more microphones, and theone or more microphones are configured to collect the first audio; andwherein obtaining the second audio comprises: in response to a soundpickup range of a first microphone in the one or more microphonesincluding a part or all of the first sound pickup range, performing atleast one of the following operations to obtain the second audio:enhancing an audio signal that is in the first sound pickup range andthat is in the sound pickup range of the first microphone; weakening anaudio signal that is outside the first sound pickup range and that is inthe sound pickup range of the first microphone; and weakening an audiosignal of a microphone other than the first microphone in the one ormore microphones.
 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein theelectronic device comprises at least two microphones, and the at leasttwo microphones are configured to collect the first audio; and whereinobtaining the second audio comprises: in response to a sound pickuprange of a second microphone in the at least two microphones notincluding the first sound pickup range, disabling the second microphone,wherein audio collected by a microphone other than the second microphonein the at least two microphones is the second audio.
 11. The methodaccording to claim 10, wherein in response to the second microphonebeing disabled, the method further comprises: enhancing an audio signalthat is in the first sound pickup range and that is in a sound pickuprange of a microphone other than the second microphone in the at leasttwo microphones, or weakening an audio signal that is outside the firstsound pickup range and that is in the sound pickup range of themicrophone other than the second microphone in the at least twomicrophones.
 12. The method according to claim 2, wherein there are oneor more first face images, and there are one or more first mouth images.13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method furthercomprises: detecting a third operation of stopping shooting; in responseto detecting the third operation, stopping recording, and generating arecorded video, wherein the recorded video comprises the video pictureand the second audio; detecting a fourth operation of playing therecorded video; and in response to detecting the fourth operation,displaying a video playing interface, and playing the video picture andthe second audio on the video playing interface.
 14. The methodaccording to claim 13, wherein the recorded video further comprisesthird audio, the third audio is audio determined based on a second soundpickup range, the second sound pickup range is a sound pickup rangedetermined based on the first sound pickup range and different from thefirst sound pickup range, the video playing interface comprises a firstcontrol and a second control, the first control corresponds to thesecond audio, and the second control corresponds to the third audio. 15.The method according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:playing the video picture and the second audio in response to detectingthe fourth operation, wherein the fourth operation comprises anoperation of operating a player control or an operation of operating thefirst control; detecting a fifth operation of operating the secondcontrol; and playing the video picture and the third audio in responseto detecting the fifth operation.
 16. The method according to claim 1,wherein the method further comprises: deleting the second audio or thethird audio in response to detecting an operation of deleting the secondaudio or the third audio.
 17. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe method further comprises: detecting a sixth operation of enabling avoice enhancement mode; and enabling the voice enhancement mode inresponse to detecting the sixth operation.
 18. An electronic device,comprising, one or more processors coupled to a memory, a microphone, acamera, and a display; wherein the memory comprises computer programcode with executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed bythe one or more processors cause the electronic device to: detect afirst operation of opening a camera application; display a shootingpreview interface in response to detecting the first operation; detect asecond operation of starting video recording; collect a video pictureand first audio and display a shooting interface in response todetecting the second operation, wherein the shooting interface comprisesa preview interface of the video picture; recognize a target image inthe video picture, wherein the target image is a first face image or afirst mouth image, the first face image being a face image of asound-making object in the video image, and the first mouth image beinga mouth image of the sound-making object in the video image; determine,based on the target image, a first sound pickup range corresponding tothe sound-making object; and obtain, based on the first sound pickuprange and the first audio, second audio corresponding to the videopicture, wherein in the second audio, audio volume of the second audioin the first sound pickup range is greater than audio volume outside thefirst sound pickup range.
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 20. A computer program productcomprising executable instructions, which when executed by one or moreprocessors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device toperform operations comprising: detecting a first operation of opening acamera application; displaying a shooting preview interface in responseto detecting the first operation; detecting a sound operation ofstarting video recoding, collecting a video picture and first audio anddisplaying a shooting interface in response to detecting the secondoperation, wherein the shooting interface comprises a preview interfaceof the video picture; recognizing a target image in the video picture,wherein the target image is a first face image or a first mouth image,the first face image being a face image of a sound-making object in thevideo image, and the first mouth image being a mouth image of thesound-making object in the video image; determining, based on the targetimage, a first sound pickup range corresponding to the sound-makingobject; and obtaining, based on the first sound pickup range and thefirst audio, second audio corresponding to the video picture, wherein inthe second audio, audio volume of the second audio in the first soundpickup range is greater than audio volume outside the first sound pickuprange.